Building a Strong Web Based Community

What does it take to build an online community these days? Not much. With packages like Drupal and phpBB, the means to run a community oriented website are literallly just a few clicks away. But what are the factors involved in making a community site successful?

O’reilly Network has a phenomenal article covering this very topic. The article is from 2002, but has some great insight as to why random surfers become repeat users on these types of sites.

Building Online Communities from O’Reilly Network

Tags: community, communities, oreilly