Could the researched subjects with

Could the researched subjects with their varying degrees of participation online ever agree among whether or not there is sufficient human feeling among them? Such a definition is open to easy criticism about the judgement process by which one determines the answer to the community question. However, the fact that we are left with no empirical measuring rod for answering the question need not be a point of anxiety. Judgements are made about all things, and we are certainly capable of making judgements about the claim of cyberspace residents to be a community. We need to continue defining the terms by which we make the judgements. The answer to the question of community comes (if at all) when enough people agree upon the standards by which to judge. Let us therefore focus the argument upon Phish.net as an example of community and then discuss some of the standards for judging virtual aggregations as communities.