Full Circle Associates

Yesterday, as part of the community and blogging videoconference I was part of, we (Lilia and I) talked about community indicators: how do you know when there is a community? When we thought of online community as manifest by the threads of discussion in a web based discussion board, there was something tangible to point to that fell within distinctly viewable boundaries.

Today, we are aggregating loosely between a variety of tools and sites - our blogs, social networking sites, audio and image sites (a la Flikr.) We are like a fairy ring of mushrooms. On the surface, all individual and distinct, yet connected under the earth into a single, large organism.

So, how do we "see" our communities? I've decided to start collecting artifacts that serve as indicators of community. Here is the first one: "Make your own (unofficial) flickr badge."

And of course, here is my badge!


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