I feel a community connection with those people who know me from most of the communities I claimed.
How does a "community connection" feel different from some other kind of connection?
In specific, you'd be welcome in my home but jimbat wouldn't be.
Interesting -- is there something about me, beyond my membership in alt.poly, that makes me welcome in your home? or would any member of alt.poly be welcome unless they proved themselves to be a troublemaker like jimbat? (for me it would be the former -- membership in alt.poly would make me more likely to invite someone, but it wouldn't be enough by itself).
Your description of the Marines fits my personal definition of a community pretty well -- I tend to think a community doesn't exist unless there is some sense of commitment among the members to each other's well being; and that a person isn't a member of a community unless some large portion of the community members feel that commitment to that person.
Re: expressing my inner two year old
How does a "community connection" feel different from some other kind of connection?
In specific, you'd be welcome in my home but jimbat wouldn't be.
Interesting -- is there something about me, beyond my membership in alt.poly, that makes me welcome in your home? or would any member of alt.poly be welcome unless they proved themselves to be a troublemaker like jimbat? (for me it would be the former -- membership in alt.poly would make me more likely to invite someone, but it wouldn't be enough by itself).
Your description of the Marines fits my personal definition of a community pretty well -- I tend to think a community doesn't exist unless there is some sense of commitment among the members to each other's well being; and that a person isn't a member of a community unless some large portion of the community members feel that commitment to that person.
But I'm not sure about my personal definition.