Community_of_interest

A Community of interest is a community of people who share a common interest or passion, such as rugby fans on Rugby365.com, or music lovers on MP3.com. These people exchange ideas and thoughts about the given passion, but may know (or care) little about each other outside of this area. Participation in a community of interest can be compelling, entertaining and create a ‘sticky’ community where people return frequently and remain for extended periods. They sometimes cannot be easily defined by a particular geographical area.

Related to

• Communities of Action
• Communities of Circumstance
• Communities of Position
• Communities of Practice
• Communities of Purpose
• Community of inquiry

See also

• Sense of community

External links

• External and shareable artifacts as opportunities for social creativity in communities of interest
• Communities of Interest: Learning through the Interaction of Multiple Knowledge Systems
• Bradford (UK) Communities of Interest site Deals with Communities of Interest within Bradford.

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