Facebook responded to criticisms by readjusting several system features with the aim of enhancing trust (McCarthy, 2008). MySpace reacted by implementing antiphishing and antispam measures. StudiVZ tried to enhance trust by overhauling ...
This book seeks to understand the technology on its own terms, focusing on how the technological and organizational configurations of online communities frame our contemporary beliefs and assumptions about community and the individual.
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"This reference book thoroughly investigates the development, design, and utilization of virtual organizations and communities and the resulting impact of these venues by focusing on research on the foundation and future of social ...
Written for both scholars and practitioners, this volume focuses on the design, management, use and impacts of Virtual Communities (VCs) from technological, social and economic perspectives.