Why I’ve found that online communities on media sites always seem doomed to fail

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Martin Belam / Feb 3, 2015

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Benton, Joshua. "Why I’ve found that online communities on media sites always seem doomed to fail." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 3 Feb. 2015. Web. 15 Nov. 2024.

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Benton, J. (2015, Feb. 3). Why I’ve found that online communities on media sites always seem doomed to fail. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved November 15, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/why-ive-found-that-online-communities-on-media-sites-always-seem-doomed-to-fail/

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Benton, Joshua. "Why I’ve found that online communities on media sites always seem doomed to fail." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified February 3, 2015. Accessed November 15, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/why-ive-found-that-online-communities-on-media-sites-always-seem-doomed-to-fail/.

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