Social community networks are social networks in which its members hold something in common, whether it be a mutual interest, religion, ethnicity, geographical location, or another common variable.
These communities tend to be people who share a common interest, which might be a love of reading, or of railroads, a specific hobby, or something else. Common interest networks differ from Facebook in that, while Facebook is focused on personal relationships, the focus of a common interest network is one thing that its users have in common. Through a network of friends, Facebook users are often confronted with new interests, while a community network enables its users to express their interests in new ways, and to engage with others whom they don't know, but who they have something in common with.
In some cases, they consist of people who share a common identity, such as an ethnicity or place of birth. Other communities may serve recovering alcoholics, victims of abuse, or cancer survivors.
In a community network, people who may never meet can nevertheless identify with one another by experiences or interests that they have in common, whether it be fashion, travel, or the love of cats.
Whatever the commonality, social networks that are based on a common interest or another variable are appropriate for this category unless another category is more specific.
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Online since 2001, BlackPlanet is an African-American social networking service offering matchmaking and job postings, as well as forums for discussion of social and political issues, with features for status updates, a news bar, chat, and the ability to friend people or receive updates from other members, based on friend status or location. The site also includes interactive games, and mobile apps are available, with text alerts on an opt-in basis.
https://www.blackplanet.com/
Created in 2002, Bulbagarden is recognized as the largest, and most-details Pokemon database project. The social media site created its wiki-based encyclopedia, known as Bulbapedia, in 2005. Other features include Bulbanews, the community Pokemon newspaper, which began in 2005, as well as a handbook, which includes all of the Pokemon games, archives hosting the sprites, screenshots, scans, and animations used in its other features, and a community discussion forum.
https://www.bulbagarden.net/
The Developer Shed Property is a social networking site for people who are involved or interested in open source software. Registered members are encouraged to create a member profile and to partake in forum discussions on open source topics such as programming languages, web design, web site management, web hosting, mobile programming, databases, system administration, operating systems, computer hardware, and other topics.
http://www.devshed.com/
Fandom is a user-supported fan site, where registered users can create their own fan communities within the entertainment genres, and participate in others. Community founders are granted admin access to the wiki-based community they found, as well as being elevated to bureaucrat status, and may grant other users bureaucrat, admin, rollback, and content moderator access. Games, video, and wikis are featured. Users are encouraged to create profiles.
https://www.fandom.com/
Available in several languages, Fanpop began as a collective network of fan clubs for television, movies, music, and other entertainment genres, but currently focuses on movies. Users are invited to create a member profile, to post updates, or to share movie trailers, images, and articles, which may or may not appear on the front page of the site. Internally, the site includes a wiki, image and video gallery, articles, polls, quizzes, and a discussion forum for members.
http://www.fanpop.com/
The social cataloging site allows users to create and search a database of books, annotations, and book reviews. Users can sign up and register books to generate library catalogs and reading lists, create groups of book suggestions, surveys, polls, blogs, and discussions. Currently owned by Amazon, Goodreads was founded by Otis Chandler in 2007. There is no charge for registration. Advertising and employment opportunities are published to the site.
https://www.goodreads.com/
GroupRecipes is a social media site where members from around the world meet and share recipes. While anyone is free to search for and find recipes on the site, members may share recipes with other members and the public, bookmark and organize recipes, and get auto-generated shopping lists. Members may also subscribe to other members who often publish recipes they are interested in. Members may also post comments on other published recipes.
http://www.grouprecipes.com/
Created in 2004, IMVU is a collective shared virtual space and social network in which members use 3D avatars, meet new people, chat, create, and play games. With millions of members, IMVU claims to be the largest avatar-based social network, who spend an average of nearly an hour a day on the network, which includes its own economy based on IMVU credits, promo credits, and developer tokens, which may be purchased online or as gift cards at retail outlets.
https://secure.imvu.com/
The social community for children allows members to explore articles on topics of interest to children, including movie reviews and celebrity interviews, and to express themselves through chat, forums, polls, games, and contests. Members may design a profile, upload photos, and join groups. Forums are available on several topics. Other features include fun quizzes on games, entertainment, brain candy, and sports. Several videos are included. Safety guidelines are expressed.
https://www.kidzworld.com/
Founded in the United Kingdom, Last.fm is currently owned by CBS Corporation. The online social community brings music lovers together. Music may be listened to through the site and, based on what a user chooses to listen to, new music will be recommended. Users may create a profile, explore their listening history, and connect with like-minded music fans, discuss favorite artists, music genres, concerts, or festivals, or read posts from other users.
https://www.last.fm/
Intended for tween and young teen girls, tie social media site is intended to help young girls to build self-esteem, and to safely socialize, publish blogs, ask and give advice, take polls and quizzes, play games, and win giveaways. The history and an overview of the site and its policies are put forth, along with its online safety policies and tips, an introduction for parents, and information about employment, licensing, advertising, and sponsorship opportunities.
https://missoandfriends.com/
Owned by Glorious Games Group AB, Stardoll is a browser-based fashion game for teens and young women. Both a dress-up game and an online community for girls who love fashion, shopping, decorating, creativity, and meeting new friends from around the world, its members create their own Stardoll avatar, go shopping, dress up their character, decorate their suite, expressing themselves creatively, and socializing with other members, who come from more than two hundred countries.
https://www.stardoll.com/en/
