Skylit Grove and Why It Isn't Like a Virtual Community

The community my group designed, Skylit Grove Integrated Living Community, known simply as Skylit Grove, is an embodied community, and as such, it des not have much to do with neither Mcgonigal nor Webb's article from this week. Webb mentions how virtual communities allow fo deception. Many people who are a part of these communities can be quite rude and mean spirited due to the anonymity of the Internet. This is usually not the case in most embodied communities and since ours is embodied, would not affect the people living in it. People feel a sense of power when they cannot be held liable for their actions; this is why so many people begin "trolling" on online forums and chat rooms. When people live among each other for a long period of time and get to know each other, this is more unlikely to happen. Skylit Grove is meant as an integrated living communty for older people which means, in essence,it is a really involved and fun retirement home. The whole reason for this place is to make people happy during the last years of their lives and as such, negative vibes and feelings would be discouraged among residents. It is inevitable that arguments would occur, as in any place, but seeing as how this community s embodied and not virtual,these arguements would be less likely to grow out of control. The addistion of a swimming pool, tennis courts, a ballroom for dancing, and many relaxing areas in and around the area we display for our community are there in order to make the place more comforting to the people living there. With comfort and relaxation being our community's main themes, there would be less tension among residents which mean that the people there would feel like they could be more open with each other without being rude or misleading like many people in virtual communities can be.