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Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 3:09pm and last updated
Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 3:50pm.
DevGroup NW: Small Groups, Tightly Joined
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Homophily describes the tendency of individuals to bond with people similar to themselves. It’s an obvious insight. But it also means everything to the analysis of any given online community. A web community’s success can be predicted almost entirely by asking: “Do the people drawn to this website share cultural traits with one another?”
This is why Microsoft can’t launch a successful social network. While your average college radio station, or sports fan club, or local music scene are natural gathering places.
With web communities, technology isn’t important - it’s a culture thing.