The word ‘community’ is bandied about a fair bit these days and I can’t shake the feeling that it’s a cosy term used lazily. As an exercise, I used the pseudo-random idea generator in my head to squeeze out some candidates:
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- The 20th Bristol Juggling & Circus Skills Convention
- Birmingham Bloggers
- Asda customers
- Bohemia patrons
- Flickr users
- Guardian readers
- Nokia users
- iPhone users
- Cyclists
- Procrastinators
- Tossers
- Bandana wearers
- All the shoe shops in Amsterdam
I want to know which of these are communities and which are arbitrary groupings. If you find a definition that works for you, please share.
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