Online Communities

Are Rural People Meaner?

Christian Sandvig | Posted 11.20.2011

Christian Sandvig

A normal Topix small-town discussion forum includes a purported attempt to out a gay man, accusations that so-and-so has AIDS, a diatribe against misc...

Growing Bolder: Like Me, Only Better

Marc Middleton | Posted 11.17.2011

Marc Middleton

Don't think you're alone. You're not. There is a community of people just like you. Find it, join it and seek out those who are successfully doing what you want to do. Find out why they're like you, only better.

Cultivating Contagion in the Social Media Sphere

Rishi Dave | Posted 05.25.2011

Rishi Dave

Direct conversations with your customers are incredibly powerful, but the seeming lack of control can be unnerving. So how can you engage at a meaningful level?

Updated Map Of Online Communities

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

XKCD's Randall Munroe, who created a popular, just-for-fun, pseudo-scientific Map of Online Communities in 2007, has revamped his previous infographic...

Velvet Ropes: Why Google Wave Failed

George Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

George Weiner

Unlike Facebook and flickr, which both focused on cultivating a specific kind of community before they opened up to more users, Wave was released with an open invitation system.

Privacy Wars III: The Moot Point [lol]

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.25.2011

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By Noah Nelson The Internet: where everyb...

Privacy Wars II: Many Faces, One Book

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.25.2011

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Instead of manipulating the social norm to their business model, it would be better if Facebook began developing some expertise in modeling the norms that already exist.

The Privacy Wars I: Warcraft

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.25.2011

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By Noah Nelson There's no better way to r...

Vimeo Festival and Awards to Recognize the Best Videos

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Ramon Nuez

Today, Vimeo opened submissions for their first annual Vimeo Festival Awards, a ceremony meant to honor and reward the best videos on the Internet.

Crowdsourced Band Release "I've Got Nothing" Single

Scott Campbell | Posted 05.25.2011

Scott Campbell

A band composed of four teenage YouTubers has released an entirely-crowdsourced single.

Online Communities: The Kindness of Strangers

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Dr. Jim Taylor

What pervades these online communities is a deep feeling of altruism from their members. There's just too much give and not enough take to see it any other way.