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From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 1994 07:57:21 +0200
HOW TO MAKE VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES WORK Mike Godwin of the Electronic Frontier Foundation offers nine principles for making virtual communities work. Use software that promotes good discussions; don't impose a length limitations on postings; front-load your systems with talkative, diverse people; let the users resolve their own disputes; provide institutional memory; promote continuity; be host to a particular interest group; provide places for children; most important: confront the users with a crisis (events like the Oakland fire or LambdaMOO's cyberspace rape crystallize users' sense of belonging to a place they care about). (Wired June 94 p.92)
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