Virtual communities are undergoing an evolution like there is in face to face communities. Many communities are gated and secured, just as many online communities are becoming for members only. Virtual communities are already beginning to show the signs of vandalism via viruses. Sometimes there are some people present for a conversation that you wish weren't there. We are not able to choose our neighbors.
People come and people go.
The home page categorizes his site into Resources, Articles, and Links. In every article he addresses ethical issues surrounding studying members' postings from newsgroups and their chat discussions from real time chat sessions. This is the most important aspect of this site and every person studying psychology should visit this site. I have reconstructed my newsgroup file by changing the names of the posters to capital letters of the alphabet to protect their identities since I did not obtain any informed consent. Hosted by John Suler, PhD, this forum from the Behavior OnLine Site deals with various topics of the psychology of cyberspace.