David Wilcox writes about changes in the field of local online and links to several examples in England, France and the United States:
The early models of local online communities – like Oncom – aimed to replicated physical proximity online. “Please come to our your space and contribute ….” Some local interests did, many didn’t, and it proved difficult to get a sustainable mix of funding, advertising, and volunteer effort.
I submitted a comment to his blog about Front Porch Forum… a new model that showing early promise.
Posted in: Community Building, Front Porch Forum, Local Online
Ghost of Midnight is an online journal about fostering community within neighborhoods, with a special focus on Front Porch Forum (FPF). My wife, Valerie, and I founded FPF in 2006... read more