11. At least one non-transitory, computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions when executed on a machine cause the machine to: collect information from at least one online community; collect profile information for users of the at least one online community; automatically detect and classify social roles of users of the at least one online community utilizing the collected information; automatically detect the stated and manifested interests of community members; map manifested topics of interest for a user to stated topics of interest; recommend to the user to add to their profile the manifested topics of interest currently not in their preferred stated topics of interest; identify live conversations within the online community and corresponding social roles of users corresponding to the live conversations; send at least one suggestion to the user of the at least one online community, wherein the at least one suggestion includes a suggestion of an online conversation for the user to join, based on an assumed social role of the user and/or a social roles identified as needed for the online community; and send behavioral alerts to users.
11. At least one non-transitory, computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions when executed on a machine cause the machine to: collect information from at least one online community; collect profile information for users of the at least one online community; automatically detect and classify social roles of users of the at least one online community utilizing the collected information; automatically detect the stated and manifested interests of community members; map manifested topics of interest for a user to stated topics of interest; recommend to the user to add to their profile the manifested topics of interest currently not in their preferred stated topics of interest; identify live conversations within the online community and corresponding social roles of users corresponding to the live conversations; send at least one suggestion to the user of the at least one online community, wherein the at least one suggestion includes a suggestion of an online conversation for the user to join, based on an assumed social role of the user and/or a social roles identified as needed for the online community; and send behavioral alerts to users. 14. The non-transitory, medium as recited in claim 11 , further comprising instructions to: provide an interactive visual representation of at least one user's online persona; and present data which contributes to the online persona.