Probabilistic reasoning in intelligent systems: networks of plausible inference
Probabilistic reasoning in intelligent systems: networks of plausible inference
Connections: new ways of working in the networked organization
Connections: new ways of working in the networked organization
Cybersociety 2.0: revisiting computer-mediated communication and community
Cybersociety 2.0: revisiting computer-mediated communication and community
Online Communities: Designing Usability and Supporting Socialbilty
Online Communities: Designing Usability and Supporting Socialbilty
Community Building on the Web: Secret Strategies for Successful Online Communities
Community Building on the Web: Secret Strategies for Successful Online Communities
Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier
Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier
Communities in Cyberspace
Design Principles for Online Communities: Lessons from Early Settlements
VRAIS '97 Proceedings of the 1997 Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium (VRAIS '97)
Sharing Social Recommendations: Towards a Social Portal
DCW '02 Revised Papers from the 4th International Workshop on Distributed Communities on the Web
SIOC: an approach to connect web-based communities
International Journal of Web Based Communities
International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations
International Journal of Web Based Communities
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Online community is having growing social and commercial impact on the WWW, but what does "community" mean online? Can the level of community be measured? This article articulates an evidential conceptual model of community synthesizing earlier definitions drawn from the literature and creating new core conditions. The four conditions, purpose, commitment, context and infrastructure, we believe are necessary and sufficient for modeling and gauging intra-community "glue", and that without this glue sustainable community cannot manifest.