We present an analysis of what we call the community event space, looking at how social events are planned and organized. Based on a series of interviews, field studies, and a foc...
Abstract. The definition of a community in social networks varies with applications. To generalize different types of communities, the concept of linkpattern based community was pr...
Web-based communities have become important places for people to seek and share expertise. We find that networks in these communities typically differ in their topology from other...
There is general consensus that critical mass at inception ensures the sustained success of online communities. However, no clear understanding of what constitutes such a 'cr...
A very wide range of online interaction analysis staying in the hands of researchers, and tools being implemented in research prototypes, often used only in non-replicated experime...