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en-wikipedia-org-5306		The WELL - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	2928	299	67	This article is about the Whole Earth Electronic Link online community. As of June 2012, it had 2,693 members.[needs update][2] It is best known for its Internet forums, but also provides email, shell accounts, and web pages. Its original management team—Matthew McClure, soon joined by Cliff Figallo and John Coate—collaborated with its early users to foster a sense of virtual community.[citation needed] Virtual community and social network difference[edit] These groups are formed by people who may be complete strangers but have a common interest or ideology.[17][16] Virtual communities connect people who normally wouldn't consider themselves to be in the same group.[18] These groups continue to stay relevant and maintained in the online world because users feel a need to contribute to the community and in return feel empowered when receiving new information from other members. "Where the Counterculture met the New Economy: The WELL and the Origins of Virtual Community", Technology and Culture, Vol.46, No.3 (July, 2005), pp.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5306.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5306.txt