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The Art of Building Virtual Communities (Techlearning blog)

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Linking 

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hey are in a “testing” mode to determine if this community if of interest to them and worth giving more of the time and attention.

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Lurking Often the largest segment of a community, these individuals pay attention to the activity of the group and occasionally participate in various activities.

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Learning These are regular visitors who contribute to the community regularly.

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Leading At the core of a community are the Leaders of that community. Leadership is a matter of commitment and willingness to contribute on a consistent basis.

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consumer - The first phase is where participants (often referred to as lurkers) simply read and explore the posts of others.

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commentor - as this label suggests, these people make comments on others posts

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contributors are those who have started their own blogs or who initiate new threads on discussion forums

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#1 job of the future will be that of online community organizer,

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What makes a healthy community?

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active and consistent participation

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Better title for the organizer is community instigator. Have the philosophy that everyone is a leader. Ask what do you bring? Where are your talents? There is a place for everyone and everyone in their place.

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