Online Gated Community

= to be contrasted with a Walled Garden approach

Description

"Walled Garden - the host or service provider restricts access to content (e.g. mobile phone content providers), products and services, other members and tends to control navigation.

Gated Community - the members restrict or open access to their private profiles, private groups and private products and services by choosing themselves who gets access and when. The host simply provides a 'checkpoint' as a barrier of entry - keep out the rabble!"

Discussion

Lengthy argument about why Facebook is a Gated Community, not a Walled Garden.

See at URL = http://silkcharm.blogspot.com/2007/07/walled-garden-vs-gated-community.html