Adding an Online Community to an Internet-Mediated Walking Program. Part 2: Strategies for Encouraging Community Participation

Adding an Online Community to an Internet-Mediated Walking Program. Part 2: Strategies for Encouraging Community Participation

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Starting a new online community with a limited number of members who have not self-selected for participation in the community is challenging.The space must appear active to lure visitors to return; when the pool of participants is small, Latest Product Releases & Innovations – Stay Updated! a large fraction must be converted from lurkers to contributors, and contributors must turbosound ts-18sw700/8a receive responses quickly to encourage continued participation.We report on strategies for overcoming these challenges and our experience implementing them within an online community add-on to an existing Internet-mediated walking program.