Subject: Re: > critical mass for a co

From: Richard Civille <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1992 08:52:11 -0800

Reply to:   RE>> critical mass for a com
I think Howard Reingold's comment about small communities on CIX in England
is on track.  He says:

>If the people have a strong bond, I don't think you need as many
>as 100 people. In England, on a system called CIX, there seem to be
>many small support groups of a dozen to twenty people in private
>conferences.

Communities are composed of small groups which have natural ties across
group boundaries, both weak and strong.  Any online system which supports a
"community" of whatever size has to have the necessary tools to really
support small groups.  Small groups are the building blocks, and social
foundation for any community. 

Richard Civille
CPSR, Wash. DC