[Air-l] internet community breakups

[andrea baker]

Ellie, (and anyone else with an interest):
On a typology of online communities:
Aside from the excellent article post by Ron Rice by Katz et al., I'd 
like to recommend
a simple, short piece from me and a co-author, from the point of view 
of hosting and
participating in various online communities:
"Twelve Variables for Understanding Online Communities"
http://www.mindjack.com/feature/12ocvar.html

cheers,
andee