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Net-Surfers Don’t Ride Alone: Virtual Communities as Communities

Barry Wellman, Milena Gulia

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Can people use the Internet to find community? Can online relationships between people who never see, smell, or hear each other be supportive and intimate?

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Can people use the Internet to find community? Can online relationships between people who never see, smell, or hear each other be supportive and intimate?

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Can people use the Internet to find community? Can online relationships between people who never see, smell, or hear each other be supportive and intimate?

Key concepts: Business, Geography

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