Association for Information Systems AIS Electronic Library (AISeL) AMCIS 2009 Proceedings Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) 1-1-2009 A Proposed Social Mechanism for Community Membership: he Case of Online File Sharing Using Bitorrent Kenneth Shemroske University of Houston, klsemroske@uh.edu Leiser Silva University of Houston, lsilva@uh.edu Follow this and additional works at: htp://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2009 his material is brought to you by the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) at AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). It has been accepted for inclusion in AMCIS 2009 Proceedings by an authorized administrator of AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). For more information, please contact elibrary@aisnet.org. Recommended Citation Shemroske, Kenneth and Silva, Leiser, "A Proposed Social Mechanism for Community Membership: he Case of Online File Sharing Using Bitorrent" (2009). AMCIS 2009 Proceedings. Paper 612. htp://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2009/612