https://fixingsocialmedia.mit.edu/2020/03/30/online-communities-in-covid-19-times-a-hyperlocal-moms-group-on-facebook/ MAS S.67 // Spring 2020 Tue, 19 May 2020 20:52:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.1 https://fixingsocialmedia.mit.edu/2020/03/30/online-communities-in-covid-19-times-a-hyperlocal-moms-group-on-facebook/#comment-28 Sat, 11 Apr 2020 21:28:48 +0000 https://fixingsocialmedia.mit.edu/?p=502#comment-28 I’m envious of your COVID mom group – I could use a bit more insight on how to keep my ten year old both busy and sane. It’s interesting to think about the line between “real world” and online groups in a case like this. The physical location suggests that this is a group that might meet face to face in a post-COVID moment. Do you have a sense for whether participants know each other in person? Was it difficult for you to join from outside the US originally? I think the affordances – the moderation, the invitation – are clearly helpful, but it feels like the social norms – no Pinterest moms – are at least part of what’s helpful. It might be interesting to explore the affordances versus norms question in thinking about how healthy communities come about.

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