Virtual Community is Real Community

Man is a social being in nature. One way of making ourselves to be involved in socialization is that we communicate to each other. Through communication, we can build a relationship. Man as we are, we are really confronted with our wants and to what is easier. To some extent, we somehow need social media to stay connected with our love once abroad. To cater our needs, we use social media. However, we cannot deny the fact that personal and physical experiences is what we want at first. In this sense, social media became a secondary means to get in touch with people. Nonetheless, the relationship build by the aid of social media cannot be regarded as something imaginary. Instead, what happened inside in the virtual world is real. It only reflects what is happening in the physical community. 

 Virtual community is a real community. They exist and of capable of developing. Virtual activities are real inasmuch as it continues to exist. Let me clear about this. Virtual communities are social groups that emerge from networks when enough people carry on public discussions long enough to create webs of personal relationships. Like any other human community, they develop their own norms and customs.

Trying to equate virtual community into a physical community is impossible. These are two different entities yet closely related to each other. If we talk the other, it has an advantages and disadvantages compared to another community and vice versa. They have different laws and norms concerning human relationship. Thus, these two cannot be reconciled.