Putnam/Feldstein

I believe that the main objective in the writing by Putnam & Feldstein is that there are many different ways to describe a community. They argue that almost the exact interaction, communication, and information you can get out of a newspaper or physical community, you can get from craigslist.org. The website is very "real world" based as ErinF wrote. I agree with another point ErinF stated: A person can only learn so much talking and typing on a computer. This stood out for me because it is very true. There is no face to face interaction therefore there is no real connection between two users of Craigslist.org. I agree with Putnam & Feldstein that the website is a community with even smaller communities within. You are able to find jobs, buy/sell houses, start a relationship, and much more. Craigslist.org is an example of discourse community.