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Design Principles for Online Communities

Building community is a fundamentally different activity than writing computer code: code does not write back and code does not respond strategically to one?s actions. Reviews theory on conditions that are necessary for cooperation. Suggests that without some elements there is little or no hope that cooperative relationships will emerge and persist. Presented at the Harvard Conference on the Internet and Society. Also published in PC Update 15(5): 58-60. June 1998.

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