What exactly is the magic that makes this community work? - ZEFRANK.COM

BobofBobs · 08-21-2007, 11:50 AM

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And who said anything about commercialization? We're not selling this--we're spreading it. It does take away from our magic when we give it to someone else; nay, magic is user-dependent and its power comes from the willingness of its participants to meet on common ground.

In the beginning, there was zefrank.com. Ze made some things. People came, and he made some forums. He made more things, and more people came. He made the show, and the ORG, and LOTS LOTS of people came. There was a shared experience of everyone remixing for ray, or dressing up vacuum cleaners--things that we wouldn't do with strangers, but we didn't feel like strangers because of the platform on which we were standing. And by the time the show ended (sniffle), we had gotten enough momentum that creation of things kept on happening. He thought so we didn't have to, and then we got to go out and think. That's the magic--we learned how to think, and approached it on our own terms. We have a bond that connects us because we've all given a little piece of ourselves, a drawing or a picture or something, to everyone else. If we are to make another online space for people, it has to be a place without passivity. A place based on interaction through creation and feedback where people can learn and grow. It's the little tingly feeling you get when you see that you have ORG feedback that makes me come back--the knowledge that together we are creating an amazing and diverse body of work.

So there's nothing wrong with quantifying it, except there is no way to do so. It's not something that can be understood without experiencing it. However, a first step is to understand the symptoms of awesomeness and sportsracerhood. Then we can compare the projected symptoms of our ideas

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08-21-2007, 11:50 AM	#9
BobofBobs monkey Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 13	Warning: Chunks 'o' Text Ahoy! And who said anything about commercialization? We're not selling this--we're spreading it. It does take away from our magic when we give it to someone else; nay, magic is user-dependent and its power comes from the willingness of its participants to meet on common ground. In the beginning, there was zefrank.com. Ze made some things. People came, and he made some forums. He made more things, and more people came. He made the show, and the ORG, and LOTS LOTS of people came. There was a shared experience of everyone remixing for ray, or dressing up vacuum cleaners--things that we wouldn't do with strangers, but we didn't feel like strangers because of the platform on which we were standing. And by the time the show ended (sniffle), we had gotten enough momentum that creation of things kept on happening. He thought so we didn't have to, and then we got to go out and think. That's the magic--we learned how to think, and approached it on our own terms. We have a bond that connects us because we've all given a little piece of ourselves, a drawing or a picture or something, to everyone else. If we are to make another online space for people, it has to be a place without passivity. A place based on interaction through creation and feedback where people can learn and grow. It's the little tingly feeling you get when you see that you have ORG feedback that makes me come back--the knowledge that together we are creating an amazing and diverse body of work. So there's nothing wrong with quantifying it, except there is no way to do so. It's not something that can be understood without experiencing it. However, a first step is to understand the symptoms of awesomeness and sportsracerhood. Then we can compare the projected symptoms of our ideas