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Types of online communities include [[mailing list (Internet)|mailing list]]s, [[wiki]]s, [[blog]]s, [[image sharing communities]], [[video sharing communities]], [[Web directory projects]], and [[online academic projects]], just to name a few. | Types of online communities include [[mailing list (Internet)|mailing list]]s, [[wiki]]s, [[blog]]s, [[image sharing communities]], [[video sharing communities]], [[Web directory projects]], and [[online academic projects]], just to name a few. | ||
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An online community is a group of people who are closely interacting mainly online, with a shared, unifying goal for the whole group. For example, Slashdot is a group blog devoted to discussing technology news, and the group as a whole shares the goal of keeping up with the latest and most exciting news developments of interest to technophiles.
One of the earliest and best-known online communities was The WELL, which got its start in 1985.
Types of online communities include mailing lists, wikis, blogs, image sharing communities, video sharing communities, Web directory projects, and online academic projects, just to name a few.