Online communities

Online communities

1. it is a group of people that meet up online

   • can be many types such as
     • Blogs
       • where people can write about there lives
     • Social networking
       • Where there is a online community linked by personal details
         • Many available
         • LinkedIn is aimed at businesses
         • Bebo is aimed at young teens for gaming and music video interests
     • VLEs
       • Virtual learning environment
         • Online community to learn
         • where teachers and students can share resources
     • Wikis
       • User generated site allows people to contribute
         • Wikipedia is one of these
         • Good because information is normally up to date
         • Often contain a lot of information
         • People can however use biased reviews or untrue information
         • Information can be duplicated and also include errors
     • Forums
       • where people can share information about certain topics
         • Example: Reddit
     • Digital worlds

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