How to Be a Great Host

In the reading of “how to be a great host”, the author, Gladding, compares a community network as a party and gives many advices for being a great community host. He points out that having a active managing, preparing a suitable place, inviting the guests and friends in a community, sharing a beneficial time, reserving next party and coming no troublemakers such as hackers and spammers are crucial for succeeding a party. In addition, he states that a host should make a homepage that guests can easily participate in that community. Moreover, he claims that a host should be friendly and actively paticipate in discussions and manage the homepage. Keep uploading a newly software for the security of the homepage and making some guidelines of comments for showing the direction of the homepage are also important for succeeding. Finally, a community is the place of informing people of a host's opinion, sharing information and claims each other and knowing each other.