Fascinating story in the Washington Post called Which Side of the Velvet Rope Are You on? that an increasing number of websites are pushing their exclusivity. Basically, the un-hip aren’t allowed to participate in the virtual community.
Hmm. The polo set finally comes to online social networking.
Yes I think the phenomenon of Gated Online Communities it’s just in its infancy so far. I found a new site which is just dedicated to “Gated” Communities featuring a link to a site called http://www.outorin.net, which seems to take the smallworld concept a step further.