<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The person who says “I thought I was meeting... > The person who says “I thought I was meeting strangers, but it felt like a reunion” is describing accumulated social presence. Repeated mediated contact had already built expectations, affection, and a shared symbolic world. **Source:** [[livestreams/Witnessing Community Through Shared Testimony - Workbook|Witnessing Community Through Shared Testimony]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The person who says “I thought I was meeting strangers, but it felt like a reunion” is describing accumulated social presence. Repeated mediated contact had already built expectations, affection, and a shared symbolic world.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-person-who-says-shared-symbolic-world ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->