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| |E-mail lists and newsletters |**Advantages:** Allows a user to receive a message as soon as it is sent. **Disadvantages:** Cannot always access an archive of messages.| | |E-mail lists and newsletters |**Advantages:** Allows a user to receive a message as soon as it is sent. **Disadvantages:** Cannot always access an archive of messages.| | ||
| |Chat groups |**Advantages:** Synchronous. Users can communicate in real-time. **Disadvantages:** Posts can be sent simultaneously and the user can become lost in the conversation. | | |Chat groups |**Advantages:** Synchronous. Users can communicate in real-time. **Disadvantages:** Posts can be sent simultaneously and the user can become lost in the conversation. | | ||
| - | |Virtual worlds |**Advantages:** 3D metaphors allow a user to get more involved in the community. **Disadvantages:** Requires certain hardware and software that not all users have. | | ||
| | [[Articles:Salameh|Weblogs]] and directories | **Advantages:** Easily updated, regular content. **Disadvantages:** Members cannot start topics only respond to them.| | | [[Articles:Salameh|Weblogs]] and directories | **Advantages:** Easily updated, regular content. **Disadvantages:** Members cannot start topics only respond to them.| | ||
| |[[Articles:Kosta|Wikis]] and hypertext fiction | **Advantages:** Can allow for collaborative work on literary projects. **Disadvantages:** Can bring out the worst in people, such as their destructive natures. | | |[[Articles:Kosta|Wikis]] and hypertext fiction | **Advantages:** Can allow for collaborative work on literary projects. **Disadvantages:** Can bring out the worst in people, such as their destructive natures. | | ||
