[MG] Minimal start plan - inter-community network

[Ed Pastore]

On May 22, 2011, at 4:17 AM, Michael Allan wrote:

>  A. Multiple online communities, each:
>
>          i. Communicatively competent.
>
>         ii. Actively engaged in discussion.
>
>        iii. Having recently discussed more-or-less the same topic,
>             albeit separately.
>
> --snip--
>
> The topic might be political if we can pick and choose (it must meet
> requirement A).  But in any case, I agree that it should be something
> of consequence.

Would it be conceivable for the communities to be focused on the same  
topic but fervently opposed to each other?

For example, on the topic of abortion (which is extremely  
controversial at least here in the United States), there are several  
vibrant communities on each side of the issue, plus numerous other  
communities which have sub-groups discussing one side or the other, or  
sometimes both.

I have always felt that most of this "debate" is spurred by political  
parties, and that a real synthesis-driven effort could bring about  
some important consensuses in this realm.



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