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<LI><em>To</em>: "'<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A>'" <<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Laws of Online World Design</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Adam Wiggins <<A HREF="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 11:43:47 -0700 (PDT)</LI>
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On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Ling wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Oct 1998, Koster, Raph wrote:
> > Community size
> > Ideal community size is no larger than 250. Past that, you really get
> > subcommunities.
>
> Once upon a time, I watched a documentary about this anthropologist (sp?)
> watching people. He asked the following questions (paraphrased, badly):
> Our ancestors used to roam around in tribes of, say, a hundred. Each
> individual in a tribe knew about a hundred people (well) so how do we, in
> today's society, cope with the urban jungle? Well, each of us form a
> tribe of our own spanning everyone we know well. That means if you don't
> know your nextdoor neighbour well, he's just one of the neighbouring
> tribes.
And even more interestingly, in recent years the tribes that have been
forming transcend physical location. This is largely, I assume because of
the transient nature of people's lives: it's quite common to move every
couple of years to a new job and a new neighborhood. At this point you
would loose any locationaly-based communities; but your on-line friends
"come with you".
As always, the ubiqious example is: this list.
Adam W.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00965" HREF="msg00965.html">[MUD-Dev] Monthly FAQ Posting</A></strong>,
Ling <a href="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk</a>, Mon 14 Dec 1998, 14:25 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00147" HREF="msg00147.html">[MUD-Dev] Laws of Online World Design</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Sat 10 Oct 1998, 17:54 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00148" HREF="msg00148.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Laws of Online World Design</A></strong>,
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Ling <a href="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk</a>, Sun 11 Oct 1998, 17:21 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00179" HREF="msg00179.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Laws of Online World Design</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Tue 13 Oct 1998, 18:45 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00160" HREF="msg00160.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Laws of Online World Design</A></strong>,
Darrin Hyrup <a href="mailto:shades#mythicgames,com">shades#mythicgames,com</a>, Tue 13 Oct 1998, 02:12 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00188" HREF="msg00188.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Laws of Online World Design</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 13 Oct 1998, 22:14 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00162" HREF="msg00162.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Laws of Online World Design</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 13 Oct 1998, 02:45 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00173" HREF="msg00173.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Laws of Online World Design</A></strong>,
Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt <a href="mailto:hhs#cbs,dtu.dk">hhs#cbs,dtu.dk</a>, Tue 13 Oct 1998, 11:28 GMT
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