Comments on: (Virtual) community rocks! http://www.ronnadetrick.com/virtual-community-rocks/ Writer & Speaker Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:19:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: More (virtual) community/conversation http://www.ronnadetrick.com/virtual-community-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-137 More (virtual) community/conversation Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:37:34 +0000 http://www.ronnadetrick.com/?p=978#comment-137 [...] grateful for some lovely comments from my recent post Why Blog? and more from the next day’s: (Virtual) community rocks! They’ve shown up here on my website, and also on Twitter. But even more, I’m grateful [...] [...] grateful for some lovely comments from my recent post Why Blog? and more from the next day’s: (Virtual) community rocks! They’ve shown up here on my website, and also on Twitter. But even more, I’m grateful [...]

]]> By: Deb Owen http://www.ronnadetrick.com/virtual-community-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Deb Owen Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:36:43 +0000 http://www.ronnadetrick.com/?p=978#comment-112 I was just talking about online dating yesterday. I mentioned that I'd tried online dating and didn't feel comfortable doing it anymore. Another friend of mine started laughing, saying, "You? You're the one amongst us who has an 'online life', but you won't date online." As I thought about it, I realized she's right. I have greatly enjoyed blogging, and am (clearly) addicted to Twitter. I've made real connections with people who I've gone on to become friends with in the real world. It's been a fantastic experience for me. I determined that the difference is that in blogging, etc, we are often being ourselves. Dating online? I've found that the person who I was talking to didn't turn out to be the person I was talking to. (ha) Perhaps there is a different mindset that leads to the difference in 'true connection' in these different types of interaction. You've definitely given me something to think about. Thanks Ronna! From your new Twitter friend (ha), All the best! deb .-= Deb Owen´s last blog ..<a href="http://debowen.typepad.com/8hours/2009/09/sundaythoughts1-1.html" rel="nofollow">thoughts to get your week started</a> =-. I was just talking about online dating yesterday. I mentioned that I’d tried online dating and didn’t feel comfortable doing it anymore. Another friend of mine started laughing, saying, “You? You’re the one amongst us who has an ‘online life’, but you won’t date online.”

As I thought about it, I realized she’s right.

I have greatly enjoyed blogging, and am (clearly) addicted to Twitter. I’ve made real connections with people who I’ve gone on to become friends with in the real world. It’s been a fantastic experience for me.

I determined that the difference is that in blogging, etc, we are often being ourselves. Dating online? I’ve found that the person who I was talking to didn’t turn out to be the person I was talking to. (ha) Perhaps there is a different mindset that leads to the difference in ‘true connection’ in these different types of interaction.

You’ve definitely given me something to think about.
Thanks Ronna!
From your new Twitter friend (ha),
All the best!
deb
.-= Deb Owen´s last blog ..thoughts to get your week started =-.

]]> By: Ronna Detrick http://www.ronnadetrick.com/virtual-community-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Ronna Detrick Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:47:00 +0000 http://www.ronnadetrick.com/?p=978#comment-111 Mmmm. You're welcome, Martha. And thank you. Mmmm. You’re welcome, Martha. And thank you.

]]> By: Martha Hopler http://www.ronnadetrick.com/virtual-community-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Martha Hopler Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:03:55 +0000 http://www.ronnadetrick.com/?p=978#comment-110 Ronna Thanks for once again bring me a reader to a landing place. As I live in transtion this past year I have begun to explore relational connections that might be different then face to face. Blogging has become a landing place to hear from others I might otherwise not do so for many reasons. Reading your blog lands me back into a space fo the Virtual community as you so graciously defined. Ronna
Thanks for once again bring me a reader to a landing place. As I live in transtion this past year I have begun to explore relational connections that might be different then face to face. Blogging has become a landing place to hear from others I might otherwise not do so for many reasons. Reading your blog lands me back into a space fo the Virtual community as you so graciously defined.

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