MetAgora: a meta-community approach to guide users through the diversity of web communities

Authors:
Felix-Robinson Aschoff;Gerhard Schwabe
Affiliations:
University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland;University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Venue:
CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2010

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Abstract

Online communities have become an essential instrument for obtaining valuable information on the web. With today's community jungle, however, users find it increasingly difficult to find and decide on appropriate online communities. Therefore, we propose the concept of a meta-community conceived as being a social gateway to guide users through a vast number of different online communities within a certain domain. We present a proof-of-concept study of our meta-community prototype and discuss implications for the community landscape as well as for the satisfaction of user needs.