I have been living in my apartment for two years now, and don’t know who lives next door.
http://www.infed.org/biblio/social_capital.htm
Well-defined group boundaries The evolution of norms and rules regarding collective resources Means to monitor and sanction behavior. Also available at: http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/soc/ faculty/kollock/papers/design.htm.
A steady increase in the number of content authors reported. Seeing others activities around shared content piques interest. Conversations with others about content reported. Author photographs give a personal feel. More posting if the audience is known.
60 people tried application 25 became regular users, 20 estimated casual users. People wanted to know other people with shared interests. People wanted more local content.
Events on Facebook indirectly help create offline interactions.
Events on Facebook indirectly help create offline interactions.
Events on Facebook indirectly help create offline interactions.
Provide resources to create an online community of neighbors.
Ways to popularize online community.
Offline interaction is the reason for interacting online. Communities based on interest.
estimates of people attending/attended Mechanisms for awareness and attracting participation. photos from events ratings
Location based interactions using mobile phones.
Location based interactions with friends of friends Provides easy initiation through mobile service
Provide awareness of location and activities
Online community of people who create and play games, the games can be played in groups, and some games are set in a location, making offline interactions possible.
Teams can complete tasks together. Tasks can involve offline interactions .
Implicit network, provides awareness of members
Allows users to let everybody know what they’re up to. Creates awareness. One can follow a set of people creating a sense of what the group is up to.