Search The Directory The Web for Home > Computers > Internet > Cyberspace > Online Communities > Resources New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Online Hospitality: Moderator Guidelines and Community-Building Tips - Gail Ann Williams writes about building conversation and community in online environments, adapted from the WELL Host Manuals.   Proxicom: Challenging Nine E-Community Myths - "... By challenging these myths and adopting a model that is a based on a spectrum of increased community interactivity, a company can determine the right level of community and meet its goals with realistic, phased community-building efforts."   The Online Community Report - Comprehensive news repository and e-mail newsletter about the business of online communities.   Virtual Communities: Structure and Content - Outline of a introductory college seminar on virtual communities.   VirtualCommunities Start4all - Directory of resources and tools for building online communities. Rich content for analysis of virtual communities. With a list of popular communities and vendors in this field.   WELL Conferencing Team - Community Building and Hosts Manual - The WELL's description of conferencing, why it's the best tool for building community, and how to get starting in a conferencing environment. Links include the WELL Host Manual   Will Media Giants Bulldoze Communities? - News Analysis by CNET observing how Disney and Time Warner, by building enhanced entertainment sites, threaten topical online communities.   ZDNet: "How to Make Yourself at Home on the Web" - Brief article by Annette Hamilton to help people distinguish portals, hubs and homes and find a website to hang around in.   ZDNet: Anchordesk - According to Web usability expert Jakob Nielsen, Anchordesk is "one of the few good uses of discussion groups I have seen."   ZDNet: What's Igniting Online Communities - Article by Jesse Berst quickly listing six methods major sites use to create a core community.   the Virtual Communities (VirCom) project - Five PhD students out to study virtual communities, their rise and development, evolution, meaning and its effect to traditional organizations. (Some papers are in Swedish.)     [ 1 2 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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