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objectives differ from one community to another, they all take advantage of the
features and functionalities Web 2.0 offers to promote the identification, creation,
representation, and distribution of information and/or knowledge on a much larger
scale than ever before.
Finally, it is important that organizations and professionals recognize the risks in
online professional networks. Although there are several advantages of Web 2.0
technologies, they also come with several technological, social, ethical, and legal
issues. In professional networks such as those discussed in this chapter, these issues
become more significant due to the scope of the potential damage that can be done
to organizations and professionals. Addressing these critical issues, therefore,
would require a concerted effort from multiple players which include individual
users, legislators, software developers, and service providers [ 31 ].

Appendix 1: Community-Built Networks

Community Community category URL

Academia.edu Research http://www.academia.edu

DoublecheckMD Health http://doublecheckmd.com/

FamilyDoctor Health http://familydoctor.org/

GNU Software development http://www.gnu.org

Health20.org Health http://health20.org/Wiki/

HR.com Interorganization - human

resource

http://www.hr.com

Java.net Software http://www.java.net

Knowledge and Innovation
Network (KIN)

Interorganization - innovation http://www.ki-network.org

Labmeeting Research http://www.labmeeting.com

Mendeley Research http://www.mendeley.com

Patientslikeme Health http://www.patientslikeme.com/

Psychcentral Health http://psychcentral.com/

ResearchGATE Research http://www.researchgate.net

Sermo Health http://www.sermo.com/

Syndicom Health http://www.syndicom.com/

spineconnect/

Ubuntu Software development http://www.ubuntu.com/

Vitals Health http://www.vitals.com/

WebMD Health http://www.webmd.com

WiserTogether Health http://wisertogether.com

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