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...says of their online courtship. In 1993, two years after meeting, the couple married. The problems of cementing relationships in cyberspace pale beside the challenges of forging whole enclaves. In fact, among the cyberintelligentsia, debate rages as to whether the concept of ``community'' even exists in cyberspace. Howard Rheingold, author of The Virtual Community, says, ``I want to dispel the notion that a computer network is by itself a community -- a place where at least some of the people reach out through that screen and affect each other's lives.'' At some point, Rheingold says, ``it requires a further commitment...
...land. No other American orchestra can rival its combination of virtuosic technique, consummate ensemble playing and rich, burnished tone, especially in the Central European repertory of Haydn, Beethoven and Brahms. It has also successfully branched out to opera: last month's dazzling concert version of Wagner's Das Rheingold, continuing a Ring cycle that is being recorded by London/Decca, was as fine a performance as one is likely to hear outside Bayreuth or the Metropolitan Opera...
...wonder whether we shouldn't have left it alone." Others see the period of uncertainty ahead as a rare opportunity for citizens to shape their own technological destiny. "We need . . . a firm idea of the kind of media environment we would like to see in the future," warns Howard Rheingold in his new book, The Virtual Community. While it may be difficult for communities as diverse as those on the Internet to set their own agenda, it seems increasingly likely that if they don't, someone else will do it for them...
Nobody has yet found a way to make money from MUDs, but commercial exploitation may not be far behind. Howard Rheingold, author of a new book on virtual communities, points out that many MUDs already have elaborate systems for tracking the points that players amass by finding treasures or killing enemies. Those systems could just as easily be used to amass dollars, says Rheingold. "As soon as somebody figures out a way to play for real money, you're going to see some real action...
...This is a communal regime but the rules haven't been made," says Howard Rheingold, a WELL member since 1985. "We have people with different degrees of sophistication participating." Until the affairs of Mr. X came to light, users could more easily overlook the potential for the abuse of the network. The illusion of safety promoted intense on-line intimacy -- all behind the safety of a computer screen. Says Preston Stern, an ally of Mr. X, "The incident exposed in a very immediate way how the medium facilitates deception -- emotional manipulation because of the absence of physical cues...