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  This piece comes from Ohmynews:

Online Communities: Fusions of Silicon and Flesh

Starting from the U.S. Defense Department’s ARPANET information network, the Internet is entering its 35th year. The Internet only began to have an influence on the general population, however, after the graphic-based web browser "Netscape" appeared in 1995, meaning this year would represent the 10th year of the popularization of the medium. How has the Internet changed the world over the last 10 years?

Passed along by webcommunities:

MercuryNews.com | 01/09/2005 | Two’s company, three’s a `community’

Although “community” has been a hackneyed term for decades — terms such as the “black community,” the “gay community,” the “international disaster-relief community” and the “investor community” have long been over-applied to diverse and often fractured realms — the Internet has provided a spaceless “place” for communities to convene. Indeed, there you will find not only the ferret lover community but also the “Zitlover” community. (Don’t believe? Google.)