In a Yahoo News story I read about a study on Modern Communities done by GfK Roper Consulting. I couldn’t find the original study, so I’m quoting the article here.
A February study by GfK Roper Consulting titled “Modern Communities” finds that online communities represent a real and growing phenomenon, but one that is dwarfed by [...]
In an article by Information Week the social networking development platform business Ning claims to have over 30 000 social networks using their do-it-yourself platform.
Ning version 2 lets users create Web sites featuring videos, photos, blogs, discussion forums, friends, among other features — all the functions one might expect at sites like MySpace, but [...]
In his social networking in 2007 predictions Fred Stutzman claims that people will only be able to actively keep up profiles on one or two social network sites.
“We may log on to lots of sites, but we can really only actively keep personas on one or two sites. We’re not entering a future where everyone [...]
Danah Boyd talks about G/localization: When Global Information and Local Interaction Collide:
“…some suggestions that will help you address issues that emerge when dealing with glocalized communities.1) Empower users. Give them the ability to personalize and culturalize their spaces online. Let people create the contexts in which their expressions can occur so that they can help [...]