Through his contacts in the world that exists through his computer, Rheingold tells his reader that he ineffect has been re-created in this medium. The idea of a community accessible only via my computer screen sounded odd to me at first, but I learned quickly that people can feel passionately about e-mail and computer conferences, I ve become one of them. I care about these people I met through my computer, and I care deeply about the future of the medium that enables us to assemble. The Net and the virtual communities that grow within it expand to fill a niche. And then they spill out.
Scientists communicate with highschool students, computer geeks with fashion models.
What is a hobby for some becomes a livelihood. Everyone has something to bring to the table. Through those meetings, the Net itself does not neccessarily become larger, after all we are still basically dealing with the same fiber-optics and copper wires that we have dealt with for decades. Yet it becomes more complex. Connections are created by the thousands every day.