Virtual Community

Hey guys & girls,

Just commenting on some other things I found on Hi5 the community space that I have been a part of for about half a year now. I don't think it is set up very well for the users who like to meet people with the same interests as I only just found out after 6 months that you can join interest groups. I joined the 'all ride Yamahas forever!!!' group because I thought they would all be passionate about their bikes and have some interesting this to say only to find that they are a bunch of old men with no clothes on, or older biker women or young females around the age of 22 with hardly any clothes on. I then decided to join the 'only Sexys!!!' group to see what they were talking about and it was full of people commenting on how sexy they were and how horny they were (go figure).

However it wasn't this that fasinated me, it was the lack of conversation and interaction between the users. There were about 650 members that had joined and not even 10% were utlising the service. I think the extra option to join the interest groups could have been left out in this community space or the space needs to be designed is such a way that makes it user friendly and easy to locate.

Here is the site if you are interested in joining. www.hi5.com

See you all in the lecture.