Blogging communities: what, how and explain?

What is blogging Community?

Basically, online community defined as ‘group of people who has same goals and interest connect and exchange information using web tools’ (Owyang, J 2007) and in this case is the tool is blog. Recently, blog is become habitual for everyone as it growing bigger in size. It connects people through out the world and sharing thought together. Someone submit information and the readers give comments, critics, and opinions of it, then this cycle known as a blog community.

Are you thinking of creating your own blog community?

According to Rowse (2008), there are nine steps to make you own blog interesting and dependable.

• Take the lead and be the community that you want your readers to be
• Ask questions
• Give readers homework
• Give readers a job to do on your blog
• Link to reader’s blog
• Answer readers’ questions
• Invite readers to take the lead with guests posts or giving advice to each other
• Make readers famous
• Do project where readers can participate, submit tings and be active

Furthermore, White (2009) has categorized blog into three groups:

• Single Blog / Blogger Centric Community

This kind of blog community is controlled by one owner (individual or organization) even though sometimes there is more than one blogger writing a blog.

• The central connecting Topic Community

It has network formation that is combination between subject matter (domain) and membership (community). Also, it has linked between blogs for a common passion or topic for further information.

• Boundaried Communities

There are many different blogs in one platform which connection provided for closer relationship among members.

Next, www.acne.org is an example of blog community. This site is created for people who have problems with pimples. In this site, members are allowed to share their experience, problems and solutions in message board. It provides personal quiz as well that it will give solutions exactly to your problems rather than general solutions. It is absolutely freedom for everyone to share and build relationship among them in this community.

References:

Owyang, J 2007, Defining the term: "Online Community", viewed 17 April 2010, http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2007/12/28/defining-the-term-community/

Rowse, D 2008, How to Build Community on Your Blog, viewed 17 April 2010, http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/26/how-to-build-community-on-your-blog/

White, M 2008, Blogs and Community - launching a new paradigm for online community, viewed 15 April 2010, http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/edition-11-editorial/blogs-and-community-–-launching-a-new-paradigm-for-online-community