Leadership is important within an online community as it helps encourage others to contribute and maintains the cohesion within the community. It emerges based on on how much the person is contributing in knowledge as well as sociability. The lack of social presence forces members to put more effort into connecting with others, therefore the more connections and social capital a member has, the more likely they are to be seen as a leader.Leadership is important within an online community as it helps encourage others to contribute and maintains the cohesion within the community.