Hi John, Possible appropriate terms: Social software Community software Computer mediated/supported collaborative work (CMCW/CSCW) ************************** Existing communities online: The Well is one of the oldest internet communities http://www.thewell.org/ Search for "online community" for a number of examples ************************** Articles of interest: The Tragedy of the Commons http://dieoff.com/page95.htmhat What is social software? http://www.darwinmag.com/read/050103/social.html Intro to social network theory http://construct.haifa.ac.il/~cerpe/papers/kadushin.html Hth! -chris http://www.semioticpixels.com