A Simulacra of Community: Building Trust and Loyalty

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I must take  minute here to vent some of my frustration and my deep disappointment.  I have spent over two years providing all of you with my thoughts, opinions, humor, and faith; and I have given you a place to congregate, talk, rant, rave and share your musical interludes.  OK, a few times I got pissy in the beginning, but I thought I was building trust and loyalty.  I never really asked for anything, and never expected I would.  It was not my intent in starting a blog.  But, then this movie thing happened, and I figured, sure, my fellow bloggers will certainly chip in. Well, only three out of the 500+ have pledged something to the project. But, the silent majority has done nothing; just silence. But, I suppose I was right from the beginning; a virtual community is not a community of real people, its just a silly simulacra of community.  My deepest thanks to those of you who pledged some money to the teaser, and to those of you who have planned to pledge but have not yet had the opportunity.

Always, Sandy, kulturCritic

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