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Being Part
Of Groups
by: Richard Lowe, Jr.
There are many
different ways to have fun and socialize on
the internet. One of the most fulfilling
things that you can do is join one of the
many social groups that exist.
What is an
internet social group? These are a whole
bunch of people who share their experiences,
thoughts and beliefs over the internet.
Usually they are united by a common theme or
cause (or many causes). Sometimes these
themes are as simple as "friendship" or
"internet addiction", but they can also be
united by a desire to recruit Christians,
deliver a message or protest a wrong.
Some examples
of groups are Random Acts Of Kindness,
Misker's Denizens, Garden of Friendship and
Hearts Of Gold. Other groups include Kindred
Spirits, Inner Dreams, Web Addicts, Net
Dudes and so on.
Generally, a
group is started by one or a small group of
"founders". The founders lay out the rules
and create a basic website, then recruit
charter members, who then recruit additional
members. Ideally, what you wind up with is a
focused, motivated group who performs the
duties and tasks required for group
membership.
Being part of
an internet social group means more than
just putting a link or webring fragment on a
web site. It means more than joining an
Egroup list and reading the messages that
people send. And it certainly means more
than a nice looking graphics.
Each group has
a set of bylaws (rules and regulations) and
most have a creed, which is the mission
statement describing what the group is
supposed to accomplish. For example, Random
Acts Of Kindness exists to do exactly what
the name implies: deliver acts of kindness
to people. This could consist of guestbook
signings, articles, giving stationary or
gifts, or any number of other small,
thoughtful things to do.
Usually a
group has committees and you have the option
of joining one or more. Being in a committee
has more responsibilities than just being a
member. For example, if you are on the
Welcoming Committee, you will be expected to
sign new members guestbooks with welcome
messages, or if you are on the newsletter
committee you will be writing articles and
contributing materials.
The main point
of all of this is to get people to be active
in one way or another to the group. It's
fine and dandy to have a thousand members,
but if only ten of them are actually doing
anything ... it's really not a very useful
thing.
Presumably you
join a group for a reason. Perhaps you like
the people, you want someone to communicate
with or you like signing guestbooks. Perhaps
you want to contribute to the causes that
the group supports.
Well, then
please contribute. This is actually very
important to the survival of a group. People
need to put in effort. They will find that
effort magnified many times. That's the
beauty of these groups! If everyone does
just a little bit every day or once a week
or whatever, then it's magnified by the
number of people in the group. You get each
person in a hundred member group to sign one
guestbook per day randomly, that's 100
guestbooks per day, or over 36,500 per year!
That's a lot of guestbooks!
That's the
idea. Figure out how you can contribute,
then do so. Personally, I've joined half a
dozen of these groups. I write an article a
day and send it to each of them. Why?
Because I can help a number of people that I
like with their common internet questions
and concerns. I can contribute in a very
positive way.
Other people
choose to contribute differently. Let's say
you are on the graphics committee, then
contribute a couple of graphics a week at
least. On the welcoming committee? Sign a
dozen guestbooks each Saturday. Just a plain
old member and not on any committees? Then
pick something that the group needs, perhaps
a different thing each week, and contribute
it.
Don't have the
time to do anything? Then I have a tough
question for you - why are you a member of
the group? I mean, why join something that
you don't want to give anything to? Take a
look at it - even if you can only do ten
minutes of something per week - you can at
least sign a guestbook or two. Just visit
one site of a group member per week, look it
over, and sign their guestbook with a short,
nice comment. That alone will help brighten
someone's day!
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