{"id":57584,"date":"2026-04-20T15:45:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/glossary\/internet-community\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T17:36:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:36:36","slug":"internet-community","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/glossary\/internet-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An online community is defined as a virtual space within a website where users can interact using various social tools such as forums, chat rooms, mailing lists, and polls, thus sharing a common interest. For a community to be authentic, it generally requires regular exchanges, established rules of operation, and a strong sense of belonging among its members. These communities can be autonomous or integrated into a larger platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The essential characteristics of an online community are represented by the PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) hexagon. Whether social networks can be considered communities is a subject of debate, with some arguing that most are too general to foster a genuine sense of belonging and the sharing of specific interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A concrete example of an online community would be a group of photography enthusiasts meeting on a forum dedicated to this art, exchanging advice, tips, and sharing their work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An online community is defined as a virtual space within a website where users can interact using various social tools such as forums, chat rooms, mailing lists, and polls, thus sharing a common interest. For a community to be authentic, it generally requires regular exchanges, established rules of operation, and a strong sense of belonging [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"wds_primary_glossary-categories":0,"footnotes":""},"glossary-categories":[93],"glossary-tags":[],"class_list":["post-57584","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry","glossary-categories-management-organization-hr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/57584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/57584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"glossary-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-categories?post=57584"},{"taxonomy":"glossary-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-tags?post=57584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}