Business Week has recently published an excellent article by Rob Hoff, The Power of Us , about social software and online community. This type of thing is always useful for consultants or anyone else trying to justify spend on online… Continue Reading
BBC News Online reports that "one in five young people has been bullied by mobile phone or via the internet." "Children’s charity NCH surveyed 770 youngsters and found 14% of 11- to 19-year-olds had been threatened or harassed using text… Continue Reading
Just about everyone online has seen, or even been involved in, a flame war – a fierce conversational battle online. Mike Reed has created over four dozen caricatures of the main antagonists. ALLCAPS by Mike Reed at http://www.flamewarriors.com/ Thanks for… Continue Reading
(This was a position paper I wrote in advance of giving a talk at TPSA in Warsaw on 21 May 2004 – one year ago today.) The internet was initially conceptualised as a way to overcome thelimitations of geography. Pioneering… Continue Reading
I still get a lot of people emailing to ask about submitting articles for Cybersociology, the webzine I edited from 1997 to late 1999. I’ve been thinking of reviving the project, maybe as some sort of group blog with a… Continue Reading
About this time last year, I was putting the final touches on a presentation I would later give as the opening presentation of TPSA’s Akademia TP Trendy Przyszłości in Warsaw. It probably wasn’t the most interesting presentation I’ve ever given,… Continue Reading
The branding professionals seem to have figured out the value, and importance, of communities. It’s not exactly earth shattering stuff for those of us who already have an understanding of digital communities, but it’s sometimes useful to be able to… Continue Reading
I ocassionally give presentations (see links to left) about online community building at universities and non-profit organisations. One of the things that I can’t stress enough in those talks is the importance of discussion moderation and hosting. If you have… Continue Reading
The Eighth International Infonortics Forum on Virtual Communities London9-10 November 2005 Offers of presentations at this conference are now being invited. We can only accommodate a maximum of 18 full presentations during this two-day programme, so we shall need to… Continue Reading
There has long been a working relationship between academics, usually social scientists, and those working in the online community industry. Those of us in the industry often give academics access to our communities or provide background information for their studies.… Continue Reading