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Are there standard sociological progressions to online communities?

Asked by marinelife (62485points) October 14th, 2008

Because the issue of people leaving Fluther and/or coming and going has come up a lot lately, it got me to wondering if there was any study of this or if people had experienced patterns. Are they the same as real communities? Are they inevitable?

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