Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Virtual Communities
A virtual community is a social network of individuals who interact through specific social media, potentially crossing geographical and political boundaries in order to pursue mutual interests or goals. One of the most pervasive types of virtual community operate under social networking services consisting of various online communities. With the access of the internet many different types of communities have developed, where people can share information about certain subjects, like things people are interested in. A few personal communities i may be associated with online may be gaming, specific 'fandoms' and nerdy obsessions i have! It all depends on the person, a person can be involved with all sorts of communities online to simply discuss things you are interested in with other people or to gain knowledge on a new game release or tv series, or some new piece of technology that has just been created. This kind of information is spread out all over the internet on forums, blogs, social networks, news pages and is mostly accessible by anyone. Again being involved with these communities can give a lot of inspiration, can be good to meet new people online and get to know people that are interested in similar things to you. I think these communities are great just to quickly pick up bits of information, and get more involved on the internet. The only problem is, that being on the internet with these communities can be very influential, and can sometimes put across bad views on things and make you believe things that aren't true. You have to be careful on the internet, as you can pick up a lot of false or one-sided data on it. There are different types of coming across virtual communities, you can find these communities on internet message boards, online chat rooms, virtual worlds, specialized information communities and social networking sites.
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I agree with this post. there are different ways in which a person can interact with people. in some ways the people you are talking to may be not who you are expecting or they may well be the person you want to talk to. the ways in which people interact with people on these sites such as Facebook and YouTube you can talk to friends or just comment on people you don't know.
I think virtual communities are brilliant personally, as they allow you to really show your true self. however, I must say you have to be careful with what or who you interact with as it can be costly especially in some cases not really knowing who you are talking to.
It really does vary as there are some really dodgy people on the internet that have a great knowledge of how to control people over the internet, how to use them and take advantage of innocent people. That's why it's always best to keep in mind not to trust someone you on't know properly.
virtual communities are brilliant, I use them all the time to confer and check work but all I will say is to be careful as they can be very dangerous
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