Problem Of Trust In The Online Community

21st century is the era of Internet. Online community is one of powerful functions of Internet, which provides a vest for separated netizens who share with the same or similar interests and business. They can communicate and share information on the virtual community. As the online technical developments and individual demands increases, online community displays diversified forms, ranging from BBS, news group and chat room to online game and e-business, etc. However, nothing is perfect and there is no except for online community. Internet has made the false information run faster than ever, which affects more people; the password of credit card has been stolen through high-tech; human security has been threatened by taking in some criminals. All of the problems concerned with trust cover shades on the development of online community. To solve the problems related to trust, the article explores the roots of problems and the corresponding ways. On the basis of causes the article shares some insights about the ways to build a trustworthy online community in the future. The first part of the article is about the background and meaning of the research; the second one elaborates the attributes and development of online community and poses some serious problems; the third part focuses on the trust issues in the online community, in which the causes of the problems are discussed. There is a deep analysis of the trust system in the online community from the perspective of social network (SN) in the fourth chapter. Some lessons can be learned through the operation of the new online trust model, social network. The last one portraits the possible solutions in future in the virtual community.