Wikipedia also has a great description of online communities and some helpful suggestions and links. One of the more important points made is that all online communities should have some type of user rating system.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_community


We also need a system for advice. Building a system that allos users to read project descriptions and adding suggestions to the projetcs is again essential in the growth of our system. Allowing multiple users the ability to contribute will increase the functionality of every project that is in the system.