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' service http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/04/16/aol_community/index.html
The secret to success on the web is to build a community, not just a web site. Here one can find tools and tips to make a web site interactive and, as a result, a place of community. http://communitybuilding.com/
Editorial by Michael Mulquin. Discusses the role of Community Networks in delvering new information and communications technologies to UK residents. Most content is applicable elsewhere as well. http://www.iscommunications.co.uk/media/PeopleFirst.pdf
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.) http://www.informatik.umu.se/nlrg/vircom.html
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