Hi, Rhiannon wrote "I expect "thick descriptions" and substantial verbatim comments covering a range of participant experience, not a few illustrative snippets. I think there is an assumption that because the field is "virtual," anyone (grad students and profs alike) can try their hand at it without the training required to prepare for "real life" fieldwork" I felt a bit concerned by this statement. I wanted to say that we coul interpret this as a bit elitist. I went to ethnography for online health communities because most of the research focused either on empowerment of patients, either on on the absence of control of these dangerous discussions about health. I aimed at escaping such normative views , and I was not searching for simplicity or simple snippets. I think ethnography constitutes mor for most of us a way to escape preconceptions, rather than an accessible virtual field. It may be the reason for having such discussions about definitions and methods. I have read Manul Boutet's work and his use of graphs comes from a deap understanding of what "community" means for gamers. Anyway, that was just my thought, Sincerely, Laetitia