A Usenet tasteless posting war. Given the lack of computer connectivity in some parts of the Third World, their electronic communities can be somewhat strange. So the Usenet group soc.culture.africa rarely has Africans taking part. African expatriates use country-specific mailing lists instead to exchange the latest news about home. There are some electronic communities in Africa, but they are local networks such as Sangonet in S. Africa, or specialist networks like the Southern African Disaster Early Warning Network that links satellite data and meteorology departments to local agricultural extension centres.
Issues See the summaries of the electronic community seminars.
Virtual communities as communities'. In Mark A. Smith and Peter Kollock, Communities in Cyberspace. Last modified 8 Mar. 2000.