Online Community: Do We Need It? How Do We Make It Happen? Part 1
Pay attention to the message boards around the web and you'll notice that a lot of the most frequent posters are young people in search of more than just small talk. Stick around on some of these boards and you may find yourself in conversations you didn't expect to have, with people you never expected to get to know, learning about yourself slowly, one posted message at a time. In this two-part series, Kevin Smokler examines what youth message boards buzz with the sounds of community. This is part one.
