I’d be interested in what that paper was too. I’d be very surprised if it was EverQuest as back in 03 EverQuest was still seeing subscription growth. Even now it has about half a million subscribers though of course many have moved over to EverQuest II. MMOs might be a good counter to the thesis that on-line communities are impermanent at least in the very short term, especially as the bigger guilds are now going cross world. For example, the guild I am a recent member of has a presence in Lineage, Lineage II, EverQuest II and World of WarCraft. We are also seeing other interesting group moves. There are, for example, a number of game groups in Second Life that are trying to keep the spirit of dead communities alive with a highly mutable world. Then there is Meridian 59 which was bought by some of the player / developers. That is in some cases MMO communities are transcending the MMOs in which they began or any given MMO. ren terranova.blogs.com www.renreynolds.com ---- Original message ----

Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 20:14:47 -0700 (PDT) From: "Denise N. Rall" <denrall@yahoo.com> Subject: [Air-l] Web death ? To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org

Dear Air-ers -

I was trying to recall a paper given at Toronto that viewed the life & death of an online community. I believe it was called Everquest???? but now I'm not sure.

Anyone who presented at Toronto on the life & death of an online community would you be so kind as to give the name of your paper here or send it to me off list.

I am using it to illustrate the impermanence of online communities - any other references to 'off-line' or dead communities would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Denise

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