1 .		In what ways are these online groups like a real-world community? How are they different from communities based around face-to-face interactions? Write a guide to cyberspace communities that compares and contrasts online groups of people with physical-world-based groups.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
2 .		Barlow mentions William Gibson, an author who writes fictional accounts of a cybernetic future. Investigate other authors (such as Neal Stephenson in Snow Crash, and Bruce Sterling in The Difference Engine) who have used this idea of computer-based communities to make some commentary on modern society. Sketch a scene, character, or computer landscape described in one of their works, and add a caption explaining how the object of your sketch demonstrates the main point the author is making about community, the role of computers, or democracy.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.