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Salon.com Technology: Netscape to community: You're evicted
salon.com
As Netcenter's forums fall casualty to AOL-merger cutbacks, participants mourn. (April 6, 1999)- Salon.com Technology: Must AOL Pay "Community Leaders"?
salon.com
Article by Janelle Brown discussing issues on the use of volunteers to manage a site's online community. "The volunteers may feel good about giving their time, but the for-profit online communities are clearly profiting from those volunteers' services." (April 16, 1999) 
Membership Agreements
ivanhoffman.com
Article by lawyer Ivan Hoffman discussing membership agreements and resolving issues that arise from them. Applicable only to U.S. Law.
The Virtual Communities (VirCom) Project
informatik.umu.se
Five PhD students out to study virtual communities, their rise and development, evolution, meaning and its effect to traditional organizations. (Some papers are in Swedish.)
The Admin Zone Forums
theadminzone.com
Online resource for administrators of bulletin board communities. All topics dealing with running and setting up a forum community are discussed.
Fragmented by Technologies: A Community in Cyberspace
helsinki.fi
Early academic paper studying the human interaction within an online community. The author observed antinomy, atomisation, carnival, decentralization, disembodiment, impersonality, intensification and lurking. (April, 1997)
First Monday - Phantom authority, self–selective recruitment and retention of members in virtual communities: The case of Wikipedia
firstmonday.org
Peer-reviewed journal article by Andrea Ciffolilli. (December 1, 2003)
Club about Online Communities
groups.yahoo.com
Whenever you provide people with the ability to communicate online then community develops. This club is about the development and management of online communities.
Cyberspace Innkeeping: Building Online Community
cervisa.com
Essay by former Wells conferencing manager John Coate explaining what happens in an online social environment.
Online Hospitality: Moderator Guidelines and Community-Building Tips
well.com
Gail Ann Williams writes about building conversation and community in online environments, adapted from the WELL Host Manuals.
How To Kill Community Networks
polaris.gseis.ucla.edu
By Doug Schuler. Essay describing three common means for the downfall of community networks.
Community is Dead; Long Live Mega-Collaboration
useit.com
Usability expert Jakob Nielsen's take on Online Communities: "The Web is not a community: a huge impersonal city is a better metaphor. User-contributed content can be valuable (if edited), but chat rooms should be avoided because of participation inequality." (August 15, 1997)
Building Community: Online Resources
bcn.boulder.co.us
Has papers, presentations, stories, indexes, and surveys.
Full Circle Associates
fullcirc.com
Provides strategic facilitation, online community development, marketing, and project management services. Includes a listing of online community building and virtual group facilitation/moderation resources.
CommunityAnswers.com
communityanswers.com
Questions and answers and advice for online community builders, users, moderators, managers, and owners.
VirtualCommunities Start4all
start4all.com
Directory of resources and tools for building online communities. Rich content for analysis of virtual communities. With a list of popular communities and vendors in this field.
CornerWays: Community Development, Training, and Moderationn
cornerways.com
Online community development company that provides online community building, consulting and design services worldwide.
Building an Online Community: Just Add Water
digital-web.com
The dos-and-don'ts of building a website community by Matt Haughey, the creator of MetaFilter.
Xgencia - Best Practice in Online Communities
xgencia.com
UK online community specialists providing planning, RFP and ROI analysis services. Requires Flash.
Benton Foundation: Community Building
benton.org
Detailed articles, tools, and resources about community building. Topics range from software recommendations to profiles of successful communities.
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