Social networks are the most popular and rapidly developing branch of the modern Internet. Tens of millions of users have an account in at least one of the popular networks, and even in several at once. They are convenient not only for personal communication, but also for bringing people together on some common interests or areas of activity. There are many ideas for creating various associations every day. How to gather at least a few people, if some interesting idea came to your mind? Of course, you will not be able to create a social network from scratch, but you can easily use existing networks and create an online community within them - a group of users united on some basis.
The ability to create a community of online users has long been available in all social networks. Their number reaches several million. Diversity is the main factor in their growth. After all, each person has several interests, and therefore he can simultaneously be a participantseveral groups. Rare users regularly view the list of communities in which they are members and delete unnecessary ones. Many, on the contrary, agree to all proposals and therefore can immediately be members of several dozens, hundreds or even thousands of communities. Another factor that influenced the huge number of groups on social networks is that the creation of a community is available to all users and is not limited in any way.
Creating a community is very easy in popular social services. Consider the creation of a group on the example of the social network VKontakte. The "My Groups" tab of the left menu displays a complete list of all communities in which the user is a member. In the upper right corner there is a link "Create a community". In the menu that opens, you must select one of the three options. A group is a standard type of community that has one or more administrators. A year or two ago, groups were the only types of communities. They are great for bringing together people with common interests, convenient for discussing some topics or expressing their opinions.
Public page - the second option for communities. They are gaining more and more popularity lately. This type of page is suitable for famous personalities, as well as for promoting stores and businesses. They are ideal for publishing various news. Public pages differ from groups in that you do not need to join them, but subscribe. In addition, they do not create topics, but simply publish news on the wall. Creating a "public page" community is very fast.
"Meetings" were recently presented as a separate section, and you could view them in the calendar. Now this is also a category of associations. Creating a community of this type is best suited for informing users about any upcoming event (concert, rally, meeting, flash mob). They will also help determine the approximate number of guests who will be attending.
