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Problem · Trending away from communities of people in the same geographic area

Modern people spend less time interacting in ways that are required for thriving communities. (We don't interact with our neighbors as much.)

Potential solution? / Computer advocates' perspective · Computer conferences constitute communities

These communities can substitute for traditional interactions with physical neighbors.

Computer advocates' support 1 · People in computer conferences often share common interests

Think about Reddit forums.

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Computer advocates' support 2 · Certain conventions constitute etiquette, which helps form genuine relationships through the computer

Example of convention: abbreviations, typing characters designed to look like a face to convey emotion.

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Critique / Author's main point · Computer conferences are not communities

Concedes that conferences can be respectful and supportive, like actual communities. But they're still not communities.

Author's support 1 · Conferences don't allow certain people in

People without basic knowledge of computers or enough resources to access conferences can't join.

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Author's support 2 · Conference participants are self-selecting; actual communities are not

Actual communities are more likely to have real diversity of age, career, and personal interests.

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The author’s argument in the last paragraph is that computer conferences are not actual communities because they don’t exhibit genuine diversity. Rather, they’re groups of people who self-select based on shared interests, which is less likely to produce diversity of age, career, and personal interests. In addition, computer conferences discriminate along educational and economic lines. The correct answer should be a principle that connects at least some of the author’s reasoning to the conclusion that computer conferences aren’t communities.

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This isn’t a principle underlying the author’s argument, because the author acknowledges that computer conferences can involve mutual respect and support. So (A) wouldn’t support the author’s argument that a computer conference isn’t a community.

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This isn’t used by the author, because computer conferences do adopt conventions intended to respect each other’s sensibilities.

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This isn’t used by the author, because the reasons given for why a computer conference isn’t a community don’t include the fact that people aren’t in the same geographic location. What matters to the author is the lack of diversity. If people in a computer conference could exhibit genuine diversity, then the author would not necessarily think the conference isn’t a community simply because the participants aren’t gathered in the same location.

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This isn’t used by the author, because the author actually believes communities need to involve different educational and economic backgrounds.

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This is used by the author, because the author cites to the lack of economic and educational diversity as one of the reasons a computer conference is not a community.

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