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January 1, 1970Journal of Virtual Worlds ResearchOpen Access

Virtual communities - exchanging ideas through computer bulletin boards

Howard Rheingold

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This is an essay originally published in Whole Earth Review, Winter, 1987. Reprinted in the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, Vol.1, issue 1 by permission of author.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a10dbbbacd1dbe064648558 https://doi.org/10.4101/jvwr.v1i1.293

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