Wanted: opinion leaders of virtual communities

Do you digg, Twitter, Facebook, blog, podcast, Flickr, YouTube, SecondLife, etc? Do you have more friends online than you do in real life? Are you always sharing information with others online? I need your help!

Finally, I am working on the original research portion of my capstone project. I'm looking for opinion leaders of online communities to answer a few questions over e-mail. If you qualify for my study and complete the interview questions about your Web 2.0 activities, I'll send you a $10 iTunes e-gift certificate for helping me out. Just send an e-mail to whatmakesuclick at gmail.com to be considered. Be sure to include links to your online profiles or Web sites/blogs so I can see if you are a good fit to participate. I'll select the first four people who contact me that meet all of the following criteria:

• They are frequent users of and active participants on one or more Web sites that sustain an online community.


• They have a large number of social connections with that Web site, respective to the number of social connections of other members within the same community.


• Their contribution to the virtual community includes frequent posting of information or user-generated content relevant to the community's topic of interest.

Additionally, participants must be 18 or older. Also, if you participate in the study, your responses will be kept anonymous.