Property rights, legal issues, and business models in virtual world communities

  • Authors:
  • Ian MacInnes

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Information Studies, Syracuse University, 4-206 Center for Science and Technology, Syracuse 13244-4100

  • Venue:
  • Electronic Commerce Research
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Nonpublic participation within an online community, often called lurking, occurs when an individual joins a community, but does not post. This study examines the nature of lurking, why people lurk and the differences in attitudes between lurkers and ...