# Online Community Succeeds Through Real-World Kindness by Bryant McGill > “Social media comes fully to life when digital attention becomes embodied capability: people meet, practice, encourage, serve, build, and return. The highest achievement of an online community is the real-world kindness it produces. Making the best of a rocky start is itself part of that practice.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Bringing Social Media to Life Through Local Community - Livestream (Jan 2019)* ## Sources and Context - **Source:** [[livestreams/Bringing Social Media to Life Through Local Community - Livestream|Bringing Social Media to Life Through Local Community - Livestream]] — exact quotation from the dated developed livestream document (2019-01-07). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/Humans and AIs as Entangled Learning Systems|Humans and AIs as Entangled Learning Systems]] - **Livestream:** [[livestreams/Bringing Social Media to Life Through Local Community - Livestream|Bringing Social Media to Life Through Local Community - Livestream]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Community Support|Community Support]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Social media comes fully to life when digital attention becomes embodied capability: people meet, practice, encourage, serve, build, and return. The highest achievement of an online community is the real-world kindness it produces. Making the best of a rocky start is itself part of that practice.” — Bryant McGill, Bringing Social Media to Life Through Local Community - Livestream (Jan 2019) https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-online-community-real-world-kindness ```