this tendency to enhance the reality (jbmlthln57):


OF
THE MOST
IMAGINARY ASPECT OF
THE IMAGINED COMMUNITY,
WHILE DIMINISHING (?) THE REALITY
OF THE ACTUAL COMMUNITY IS ALSO
NOT UNIQUE TO THE INTERNET.

SO,
IN RELATION TO LANGUAGE,
THE INTERNET IS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT PROVIDES A MEDIUM
OF HUMAN EXCHANGE SO RICH & INCLUSIVE THAT WE ARE TEMPTED
TO ENDOW THE PROCESS OF INTERNET COMMUNICATION WITH THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COMMUNITY,
IDENTITY, POLITY, & LOCALITY, AND YET THAT PROCESS
HIGHLIGHTS CERTAIN ASPECTS OF FACE-TO-FACE
HUMAN CONVERSATION PRECISELY
BECAUSE IT IS
'not the same'
~~~
OK!
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