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• 1971 Prediction of the Web/Telesphere
The cyberspace concept was described (and referred to as "telepresence") in the 108pp book "Man in the Telesphere". The complete text is now provided on-line.
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• A Parent's Primer to Computer Slang
Microsoft's guide to online slang.
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• About.com: Community Online
Editors' web site picks for fostering an online community and personalizing web sites.
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• Access Place Lifestyle
Directory of chat rooms, online communities, magazines, home, recreation, vehicles, travel, cities, entertainment, dining, pets, culture, fashion
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• Agora Studios
Involved in planning, building and growing online communities. Hosts facilities such as message boards, member profiles and customized features.
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• An Explanation of l33t Speak
BBC presents an introduction to the history and vocabulary of l33t speak.
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• AsianXO.com
Provides free news, profiles, e-mail, homepage, chat, and forums.
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• Autospec Thematics: Virtual Communities To Match Goals with Resources
Detailed strategy for creating virtual special interest groups.
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• Avid Gamers
Hosts free communities for game-related topics.
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• Barry Wellman
Research by Barry Wellman and associates into social networks, social support, virtual community, computer networks as social networks
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• Benton Foundation: Community Building
Detailed articles, tools, and resources about community building. Topics range from software recommendations to profiles of successful communities.
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• Big Boards
A list of the largest message boards and forums on the web.
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• Bud.com
Weird, wired, and wonderful links selected by a group of contributors.
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• BuildACommunity.com
Ecreations Software provides a collection of scripts for online communities, such as e-cards, forums, classifieds, chat, mailer and galleries. [Linux]
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• Building an Online Community: Just Add Water
The dos-and-don'ts of building a website community by Matt Haughey, the creator of MetaFilter.
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• Building Community: Online Resources
Has papers, presentations, stories, indexs, and surveys.
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• Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace: Effective Strategies for the Online Classroom
Publisher's page on a book by Rena M. Palloff and Keith Pratt focused on creating virtual classroom environments while fostering a sense of community.
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• BusinessWeek: Internet Communities
Surfers are losing interest on website content and want now to settle in online communities.
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• CALT Encyclopedia
A collection of resources related to the study of Virtual Communities. Approaches, technologies, and CMC.
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• Center for Digital Discourse and Culture
The Center at Virginia Tech dedicated to exploring cyberculture and digital life, while providing a point of publication for related materials.
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• Center for Internet Studies
Center for Internet Studies at the University of Washington examines the relationship between the Internet and global society. The Center is an international resource for business, government, and academic communities.
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• ChatMania
Chat community and forum involving many different topics of discussion.
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• CIX Online
For fee suite of integrated internet services. Provides mail, calendars, address books, document storage, and conferencing. The mail section has virus and spam protection.
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• Club about Online Communities
Whenever you provide people with the ability to communicate online then community develops. This club is about the development and management of online communities.
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• CMC Information Sources
Directory of information sources about online communication and the Internet. Known as "The December List" since 1992 and is a comprehensive collection of information sources about the Internet and computer-mediated communication.
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• CNet.com: Will Media Giants Bulldoze Communities?
News Analysis by CNET observing how Disney and Time Warner, by building enhanced entertainment sites, threaten topical online communities.
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• Code begets community
Information about Daniel Pargman's Ph.D. thesis on the social and technical aspects of managing a virtual community, a study of a Swedish MUD. Sample chapters in PDF format.
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• Communities.com
Provides chat rooms, communities, forums, instant messaging, detailed photo profiles, photo galleries, and photo ratings. Search members by age, sex, location, and interests.
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• Community Architect
Create your own online community or join one complete with free web hosting, free email, instant messenger and other website building tools.
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• Community Building on the Web
Companion Site of a book authored by Amy Jo Kim. Presents nine core strategies for site builders to make websites a catalyst for community growth - and earn money along the way.
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• Community Connect Inc.
Provides free personal pages, email, forums, news, chat, instant messaging, games, promotions and online events. [Uses Flash]
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• Community is Dead; Long Live Mega-Collaboration
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."
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• Community Networking Movement
"Realizing that communication and information are increasingly dependent on networked digital information, community activists all over the world are developing community computer network systems."
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• Community Networks: Putting People First
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.
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• CommunityAnswers.com
Questions and answers and advice for online community builders, users, moderators, managers, and owners.
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• Communitybuilding.com
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.
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• CommunityPeople.net
Hosting services for online community facilities such as member profiles, events, instant messaging, online chat, message forums, email discussion groups and online polls.
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• CommunityZero
Provides any group of people with the ability to establish a private and interactive online community.
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• Computers, the Internet and You
Information on how the Internet has allowed everyday people to explore their passions and interests.
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• Contact Consortium
The first global organization focused on inhabited virtual spaces on the Internet. These spaces are shared in real time by thousands of users and represent a new frontier in the experience of cyberspace.
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