Personal Democracy Forum – It's the Community, Stupid

It's the Community, Stupid
By Micah L. Sifry, 11/11/2004 - 5:49pm

Just in case your boss doesn't believe you when you say that a static website won't suffice anymore for whatever kind of political work you do, check out this new study from ACNeilsen: 87 percent of all Americans say they are a part of an online community, and while shared personal interests, hobbies and health-related communities rank very high, 49 percent of Americans also say they participate in public issue sites. That's more than who say they belong to professional groups (37%) and school volunteer groups (30%). Online community members are also about four times as likely as offline community members to say they interact with each other on a daily basis.

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ACNielsen on Web Communities

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Micah Sifry points to an ACNielsen study (funded by eBAY) that ranks online community just below religious, community and social groups. Ok, that IS pretty broad, but participation in online communities OUTRANKS professional groups, activity groups, school volunteer groups and...

By Anonymous at Fri, 11/12/2004 - 11:07 | email this page

It's time to write a "Cluetrain Manifesto" for politicians

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It's the Community, Stupid | Personal Democracy Forum If "values" is the meme of November 2, 2004; "community" is the one thereafter. We're going to hear a lot about communities for the next four years....

By Anonymous at Sat, 11/13/2004 - 00:55 | email this page

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