All point the way to an Internet that prods people to participate. People do this everyday already. They work, play, talk, share, kvetch, and dream and they are interested in doing all of these things online as well as in there realspace lives. People love to talk-no matter what they tell you. They may not like to talk in public or to large groups, but everyone basically likes to share their thoughts with someone .
Telecommunications companies make so much money because humans love to talk.
Anything you can do to allow your audience to talk to others, listen, identify themselves, share things, and tell their own stories will make your site more successful and may begin to build a community. This is actually somewhat easy. Instead of developing complex ways for people to talk to a machine, simply provide a conduit for people to talk to each other-the conversation will be richer and the overhead simpler. If you're interested in starting a community, this is the way to start. The Stanford Improvisors Adaptivity Lastly, the most valuable interactive experiences are those that are adaptive.