The NBC sitcom Community may be a favorite among critics and comedy fans, but in its four seasons in primetime, it’s failed to attract the big ratings the network was hoping for. Now, the show’s production company, Sony, is telling fans that they have one last chance to save the show from cancelation. Via a YouTube commercial, Sony is asking fans to watch the show when it streams live from its YouTube channel page on Thursday night in an effort to attract enough viewers to convince NBC to renew the struggling cult sitcom. The fate of Greendale Community College lies in your hands … Discuss

When tech writer Paul Miller decided to go a year without the Internet, he had grand ambitions of exploring the freedoms that an analogue life could offer. And at first, things started off great. He read more, got in shape, visited with family and even wrote half of a novel. But months into the experiment, things started to change: He became lonely, isolated and lost motivation to explore his offline “freedom.” In the end, he came away with this revelation: “… the Internet isn't an individual pursuit, it's something we do with each other. The Internet is where people are.”

The full essay is a really interesting piece about the role technology plays in community, how relationships develop in the digital age and the positive side of being online with the rest of the world … Discuss

YouTube has created this short clip that looks at the video-sharing site’s community for their annual “Brandcast” event. The compilation manages to tell some pretty big stories in just a minute and a half: The rise of pop stars like Justin Bieber and Psy from YouTube celebrities to global phenoms; activism movements like “Kony 2012”; emotional moments including soldiers coming home from war and babies being cute; creative creations like OK Go music videos and more. It’s a surprisingly inspiring look at how a video-sharing site has managed to reshape pop culture … Discuss