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OnLine Communities

OnLine Communities. A . Demetrios. Definition. On line communities are virtual communities that enable users to communicate, share…. Examples of On Line Communities. Flickr - Flickr is a website where images and videos can be uploaded to share with others

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OnLine Communities

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  1. OnLine Communities A . Demetrios

  2. Definition • On line communities are virtual communities that enable users to communicate, share….

  3. Examples of On Line Communities • Flickr-Flickr is a website where images and videos can be uploaded to share with others • Facebook-Users may create a personal profile, add other users as friends and exchange messages, including automatic notifications when they update their profile. Users may join common interest user groups, organized by workplace, school, or college, or other characteristics • Twitter-Twitter is a website which offers a social networking and microblogging service, enabling its users to send and read messages called tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the user's profile page. Tweets are publicly visible by default, however senders can restrict message delivery to their friends list. Users may subscribe to other users' tweets—this is known as following and subscribers are known as followers. • Del.icio.us.-is a social bookmarkingweb service for storing, sharing, and discovering website bookmarks. You can access your bookmarks from any computer in the world. www.delicious.com

  4. Types of Websites • Blogs-http://doncastersc.globalteacher.org.au • Wikis- www.wikispaces.com, www.wikipedia.com, www.wetpaint.com • Forums-An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages.[1] They differ from chat rooms in that messages are at least temporarily archived. Also, depending on the access level of a user and/or the forum set-up, a posted message might need to be approved by a moderator before it becomes visible. • Social networks- www.facebook.com

  5. Blogs • A blog is personal site, an online log (also called weblog) containing publication of content sorted in chronological order, with the most recent entry (newest post) at the top of the page. Individual entries (logs) are usually always dated and time-stamped and generates an archive of all previous post • Purpose-Blogs usually facilitate communication between the reader and the owner of the site. The author (s) can write about whatever is interesting to him/her in any writing style that suits him/her. There are usually comment sections for all readers or for selected readers to leave comments and/or start up a discussion thread similar to that of a forum. All comments and discussions are usually instantly made accessible to the public for all visitors to read through the World Wide Web (internet) that visit that site or post. Comments and discussions are archived with the entries that they come under.Functionality- personal publishing, communities of interests,

  6. Blogs

  7. Wikis • Purpose- to share information • Functionality-A wiki is a type of website that allows users to alter or add content without programming knowledge; wikis are created through the collaborative effort of the community of users who contribute to the website.

  8. Wikis

  9. Forums • Purpose- to share ideas and opinions on topics • Functionality-is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. A single conversation is a thread. E.g. Masterchef forum:

  10. Masterchef Forum

  11. Social Networking Sites • Purpose • Functionality • Examples: • Facebook • Beebo • My Space • Digg:Digg is a website made for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the Internet, by submitting links and stories, and voting and comment. • Linkedln

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