online communities

Online Communities are found around in various formats. Popular blogs with regular readers (who also comment on posts regularly), forums and more obviously social networking sites often fall under the 'online community' definition, as can some MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games).

The definitive factor is a place where people communicate with each other online. Whether an e-mail list can be called an online community is questionable, whilst many online communities have certainly grown around what started out as a simple e-mail list.

You'll find a number of articles about online communities here. Another one of my favorite blogs covering the topic is Mashable.com, which, as well as talking about online communities, has its own social networking community element on the site.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “online communities”

• Why Do People Follow Brands? Conversation or Deals?

  
  Kyle Lacy, Social Media - Indianapolis — Authority: 463
  This is the second post about the Razorfish FEED 2009 Report … as promised. I was reading a post from my friend Todd Muffley over at Fat Atom and it got me thinking about the future of online communication. His post is entitled, “ Is Social Media One Big Coupon Book? ” The premise of the post is captured in ...
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• Giving Yourself Away

  
  Blackinformant.com - African-American culture, news commentary, politics — Authority: 592
  Recently I have been toying around with the idea of downloading the Loopt application on my phone. For those of you out there who never heard of loopt, it’s a program designed for cell phone users that provides the physical location of your circle of friends (who also need to register for the service). A map pops up ...
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• Video Hoe Renee Divine Puts Rapper Saigon on Blast, Posts Private Twitter Messages

  
  Shabooty.com — Authority: 564
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• Free Web Seminar Next Thursday - Unlock a Better Business Strategy with Text Analytics

  
  Community 2.0 — Authority: 122
  Start Date/Time: Thu, Nov 19, 2009 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ESTWith SPSS text analytics, you can read documents, blogs, wikis, tweets, e-mails, call center notes, surveys and other free form text – and turn the insight you gain into a true strategic asset. We’ll show you how to use text analytics with social media and ...
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• MyVetwork: Help spread the word on Veterans Day

  
  m-cause — Authority: 106
  In the USA, Nov 11th is Veterans Day. This year, in a show of support for Veterans and active duty servicemen/women, P&G is sponsoring Digital Veterans Day (DVD).  On Wednesday, digital leaders from P&G, Google, Microsoft, Facebook & Yahoo will descend on Cincinnati to support the non-profit social ...
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• Hospitals embracing social media

  
  ICMCC Website Articles — Authority: 147
  “Hospitals and health care organizations have long relied on press releases, advertising campaigns and traditional media outlets to get the word out about their activities and promotions. But with the popularity of Facebook and Twitter, more health organizations are joining these social media sites as a way to ...
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• Twitter phishing ploy goes for ‘Direct Messages’

  
  Science nature & education - science-nature.marc8.com — Authority: 154
  Some users of Twitter, the microblogging site, may be the victim of a new phishing and account hijacking attempt on Twitter, that specifically affects private messages. read more
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• Predictions

  
  Sylwia Presley — Authority: 418
  Talking of predictions, I am not sure if you have seen what Loic Le Meur predicts for Twitter for next year, so here it is. Some very valuable points there! One I find most interesting is the increase of value in gaming – I never thought of it, but I agree – we will see more and more time spent on gaming (even I ...
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• Using Social Networking for Gain

  
  DarcKnyt — Authority: 124
  My buddy Sherri has done something sort of interesting over on Facebook recently: she created a fan page for herself.She’s not boasting about her readership or anything, but she took a step toward the day when she does get published and will have fans.  She can use it to promote her books, and generate interest ...
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• Why Should I Care About Twitter Lists?

  
  Kyle Lacy, Social Media - Indianapolis — Authority: 463
  I have been waiting to write this post. I don’t know if it is because I wanted to hear what other social media users thought… or I just didn’t care enough about another feature on Twitter. Needless to say… I have been researching Twitter lists and the inherent value of the lists. Because of that research I ...
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• Online Tribes Can Avoid GigaTribe

  
  Crenk — Authority: 542
  Online communities have since been known as tribes. Thanks to Seth Godin ’s famous book of the same title, it’s forced us to think of our online networks and communities in a unique light. Much like primitive tribes of earlier times, we’ve now formed digital tribes where we’ve found comfort in connections ...
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• CoTweet: Twitter for corporations

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 611
  Since Twitter has never deigned to deploy “professional” resources for companies that have profile on the site, as they said some rumors that have circulated over the network some time ago, a startup got tired of waiting and made the law into their own hands. The CoTweet is a tool that promises to “help ...
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• 10 Community Killers

  
  Marketing Conversation — Authority: 426
  This is a great presentation by Marilyn Pratt about the 10 best ways to kill a community. Sometimes understanding the things we could do wrong really sheds light on what we could do right. Marilyn says the best ways to kill a community are: Design in a vacuum Add every gadget you can think of Drag every warm ...
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• What is an online community manager?

  
  Community Building — Authority: 445
  The precise description of an online community manager varies from organisation to organisation. Some companies will describe the responsibilities of an online community manager very differently to others. Some will offer roles with very similar job descriptions but very different job titles. The issue is this – ...
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• The first rule of selling social media: listen

  
  FreshNetworks Blog — Authority: 578
  Image by suchitra prints via Flickr A reasonably bright school kid will build an excellent business case for a car that is 60% more fuel efficient, or a pc that is 50% faster. It’s easy! He can look at reduced running costs (for the car) or improved efficiency (for the pc), and the business case will quickly ...
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• Facebook gets tough on promotions and competitions

  
  Tom Doyle — Authority: 409
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• Learn To Market An Online Home Business For Free

  
  Free Internet Marketing Information — Authority: 158
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• Are Moms Turning to Online Friends For Support?

  
  Molly Mormon — Authority: 110
  It’s a much different experience than that of mothers of yesteryear, who mostly relied on family members and friends to guide them through the choppy waters of parenthood.
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• And now for something light

  
  Marketing Conversation — Authority: 426
  Sometimes it’s good to take a breather, so today I’m sharing a twitter limerick I wrote with all of you. There is a service called twitter A place to shine and to glitter And in one forty letters Prove that you’re better To all of the bloggers so bitter Well. . . I’m not completely sure that ...
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• Ch-ch-changes

  
  Creative Is Not A Department — Authority: 460
  I just got spammed by Glue , looks like maybe their notifications engine had a little freakout and sent me a bunch of messages I had already received. Which is fine. Part of playing in this new space (both as a producer and a consumer) is sometimes things go awry. Software (i.e. anything on a screen) is in flux, it ...
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