life cycle of online groups

• Life Cycle of Mailing Lists by Tatiana Matveeva (Inity), 11/26/98
  
  

My guess is that the life cycle of online mailing lists as described in that outline ( http://www.rider.edu/users/suler/psycyber/lifelist.html) apply to many online groups. There may be some variations depending on the people in the group, the purpose of the group, and the software environment... but I think most groups (in-person and online) tend to follow the general pattern of group development: the norming, conforming, storming, and performing stages.

• And on and on and on and on............... by Doug W., 12/4/98
  • re: and so on by John, 12/4/98