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[[Howard Rheingold]] discussed virtual communities in his book, ''[[The Virtual Community (book)|The Virtual Community]]'', published in 1993. The book's discussion ranges from Rheingold's adventures on [[The WELL]], [[computer-mediated communication]], social groups and information science. Technologies cited include [[Usenet]], [[Multi-user dungeon|MUD]]s (Multi-User Dungeon) and their derivatives [[MUSH]]es and [[MOO]]s, [[Internet Relay Chat]] (IRC), [[chat room]]s and [[electronic mailing list]]s. Rheingold also points out the potential benefits for personal psychological well-being, as well as for society at large, of belonging to a virtual community. At the same time, it showed that job engagement positively influences virtual communities of practice engagement.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Haas |first1=Aurore |last2=Abonneau |first2=David |last3=Borzillo |first3=Stefano |last4=Guillaume |first4=Louis-Pierre |date=2021-04-03 |title=Afraid of engagement? Towards an understanding of engagement in virtual communities of practice |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14778238.2020.1745704 |journal=Knowledge Management Research & Practice |language=en |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=169–180 |doi=10.1080/14778238.2020.1745704 |s2cid=216178181 |issn=1477-8238 |access-date=13 August 2022 |archive-date=13 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813205432/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14778238.2020.1745704 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Virtual communities all encourage interaction, sometimes focusing around a particular interest or just to communicate. Some virtual communities do both. Community members are allowed to interact over a shared passion through various means: [[Internet forum|message boards]], [[chat room]]s, [[social network]]ing World Wide Web sites, or virtual worlds.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Hof, R. D.|author2= Browder, S.|author3=Elstrom, P.|date=5 May 1997|title=
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