I know there are lots of online communities out there but I am struggling trying to find a suitable one for my ethnography. I have spent quite a few hours searching, unsuccessfully. Made a start with looking at something I’m interested in but they either didn’t meet the criteria or they just weren’t interesting enough. The ones produced by last year’s cohorts are pretty impressive. Such a variety of topics; cats, MacRumors, fallen fruit, Japan. Presented in creative, interesting formats too. I had a look at the WELL community site. I haven’t really been involved in online communities, except for expat and teacher forums, so it didn’t occur to me that a subscription may be required in some. When I tried to look at what Flickr had to offer, this is the message I receive:
Back to the drawing board.
Its so disappointing to see the “site is blocked” messages due to policies. I hope you can find a suitable community to study. You do often have to be a member to see all the member postings and information though Grace. Sometimes you can see entries but not add comments or make postings. Take care of course (onm ethics grounds) not to publish outside the closed group information they have not chosen to expose externally to non-members in your own analysis or report.