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From: "Ola Fosheim Grøstad" <olag@ifi.uio.no>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:03:02 +0100
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
neild-mud@misago.org writes:
> "David Kennerly" <kennerly@finegamedesign.com> wrote:
>> I wonder, though, if I've overlooked the discussion of a
>> different (yet relevant) term. Has the list rejected the term
>> "computer-mediated community"?
> The usage of CMC that I'm accustomed to includes things like IRC
> and AIM. It's a more inclusive term than "MUD" and "virtual
> world".
In CMC the C stands for communication, not community. It's basically
a research field that try to address issues on a level that is so
wide and general that the results become not-very-interesting or
useful... IMO. (i.e. too reductionistic, out-of-context or obvious
to aid MUD design)
--
Ola - http://folk.uio.no/olag/
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