Indeed, in his revised version of Virtual Community, Rheingold goes so far to say that had he read Barry Wellman's work earlier, he would have called his book "online social networks".
Zaista, u njegovoj ponovljenoj verziji Virtualne zajednice, Rheingold ide tako daleko da kaže kako bi, da je prije pročitao djela Barrya Wellmana, nazvao svoju knjigu "Online društvene mreže".