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Online community

An online community, also called an internet community or web community, is a community whose members engage in computer-mediated communication primarily via the Internet. Members of the community usually share common interests. For many, online communities may feel like home, consisting of a "family of invisible friends".

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Overview

Community aspect

Purpose

Categorization

Classification

Building communities

Membership lifecycle

Motivations and barriers to participation

Consumer-vendor interaction

Growth cycle

Online learning community

Video gaming and online interactions

Online health community

Effects

Problems

Legal issues

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Online community

Nodes166
Edges165
Triples283
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012048
Components1

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Online community

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related to Further reading · 124
Online community → Addison Wesley, Amy Jo, Ann Arbor, Annual Review, Anthropology, April, Archived, Armstrong, August, Barzilai, Boston, Brandeis Argue, Chichester, Clipper Chip, Communities, Community, Community Building, Computer-Mediated Communication, Connie, Cultures
related to Privacy · 18
Online community → After, Creator, Facebook, For, Furthermore, Google, However, Internet, It, Many, Mark Zuckerberg, Online, Platforms, Privacy, These, UN, Usually, When
related to Technical motivations and barriers · 13
Online community → As, Dialogue, Efficient, However, Internet, People, Social, Some, The, This, Usability, User, When
related to Classification · 10
Online community → Amy Jo Kim, Another, Campbell, Clay Shirky, For, In, It, Researchers, Some, What
related to Development · 9
Online community → An, Businesses, Internet, Many, Online, Other, Students, These, They
related to Video gaming and online interactions · 9
Online community → For, One, Pontus Strimling, Seth Frey, The, These, Thus, Video, Yet
related to Aspects of successful online communities · 8
Online community → An, Anubhav Choudhury, Armstrong, Communities, Harvard Business Review, In, John Hagel, The
related to Online learning community · 8
Online community → According, Colleges, European Management Journal, Learning, Online, Online Forums, The, They
related to Building communities · 7
Online community → Andrews, Audience-Specific Online Community Design, Dorine, In, Online, Successful, When
related to Participation · 6
Online community → Both, For, In, Lurkers, Participants, There

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educationinstance ofThis has led to a range of popular sites based on areas0.80text
upcoming gatherings or sporting eventsinstance ofAn online community's purpose is to serve as a common ground for people who share the same interests.Online communities may be used as calendars to keep up with events0.80text
WordPressinstance ofas well as platforms0.80text
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answering user queriesinstance ofModerators are typically tasked with the daily administration tasks0.80text
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and the movinginstance ofModerators are typically tasked with the daily administration tasks0.80text

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