A host of a Virtual Community
| filed under: Howard Rheingold, Rheingold's Brainstorms
A host [of a Virtual Community] is like a host at a party.
You don't automatically throw a great party by hiring a room and buying some beer. Someone needs to invite an interesting mix of people, greet people at the door, make introductions, start conversations, avert fisticuffs, encourage people to let their hair down and entertain each other.