Comments on: Defining Online Community http://fastwonderblog.com/2007/12/28/defining-online-community/ Consulting services for companies wanting to engage with online communities through social media.Focused on online communities, open technologies, open source, web 2.0, social media, RSS, blogging, and podcasting. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:38:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jeremiah Owyang http://fastwonderblog.com/2007/12/28/defining-online-community/#comment-2269 Jeremiah Owyang Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:33:56 +0000 http://fastwonderblog.com/2007/12/28/defining-online-community/#comment-2269 I agree using webtools is not good either. I updated my definition on my blog (see update 2) It's a working definition, so it will change. I agree using webtools is not good either. I updated my definition on my blog (see update 2)

It’s a working definition, so it will change.

]]> By: PO8 http://fastwonderblog.com/2007/12/28/defining-online-community/#comment-2260 PO8 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:31:45 +0000 http://fastwonderblog.com/2007/12/28/defining-online-community/#comment-2260 "using web tools" not so good. There are still online communities that don't really use the web at all, hard as that is to believe in 2007+; email lists and IRC are the most popular alternate venues, but I'd count Usenet newsgroups in there too. How about "A community is a group of people who regularly communicate amongst themselves and self-identify as a community. Common characteristics of a community include: an accepted community name; a shared goal, project, or cause; and personal or professional relationships between the members. In an online community, the dominant portion of community communication is over a computer network." “using web tools” not so good. There are still online communities that don’t really use the web at all, hard as that is to believe in 2007+; email lists and IRC are the most popular alternate venues, but I’d count Usenet newsgroups in there too.

How about “A community is a group of people who regularly communicate amongst themselves and self-identify as a community. Common characteristics of a community include: an accepted community name; a shared goal, project, or cause; and personal or professional relationships between the members. In an online community, the dominant portion of community communication is over a computer network.”

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