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this community as it compares to others

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MessyJessie--defying description daily

It seems like there are a thousand different places to hang one's hat on the internet. Numerous sites offer online journals and communities like Friendster and Myspace have really started something, especially among young people.

I myself am a member of myspace and while I think it is fun, it is a bit juvenile. I keep in touch with friends through it and still post most of my journal entries to my blog there. The intellectual atmosphere is pretty non-existent, however, and I've begun to think some of my best-written journal entries would be better exposed here on this site, where I can at least get intelligent feedback from more than two people. I am torn, in that I like H2G2 much, much more than myspace, but my friends are on myspace, so I don't want to leave. On the other hand, this community provides anonymity that on MySpace I have already forfeited. The two sites are so different atmospherically that they can serve totally different purposes and not get in the way of each other at all.

The Guide and this community is vastly more interesting, challenging, and engaging than myspace or friendster could ever be. Just reading entries alone is worth the time spent, but posting something and getting a response from an accomplished adult is icing on the cake. I love this sense I get of appreciation for things worthy of thinking on and caring about, not just sex and beer. Of course, there are undoubtedly plenty of sex fans and beer lovers who also manage to contribute meaningfully to the Guide and the community. I think you get the point, though. h2g2 is classy. What a relief.


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