What Makes A Great Online Community?

We all have our favorite go-to social networks, like Facebook and LinkedIn.

But what’s your go-to online community? Different from social networks, online communities bring people together to talk about a shared interest. Maybe it’s TripAdvisor, because you’re always planning your next vacation. Maybe it’s the Meetup group you can’t live without.

WHO’S YOUR GO-TO?PICKING THE RIGHT COMMUNITY

Internet users have created online communities since the 1980s, when scientists collaborated on research via computer networks.

Today, it’s not just scientists who share data and exchange messages online. It’s everybody. We’re all online and talking about technology, travel, food, relationships, health, and finance.

EVERYBODY’S TALKINGWE’RE ALL ONLINE THESE DAYS

A great example of a collective brain is The Well, an electronic community launched in 1985 by a high-tech group near San Francisco. The Well has mushroomed into a decades-long social experiment in collective thinking that has spawned businesses like Craigslist, hosted countless user-moderated web conferences, and resulted in many face-to-face gatherings.

A COLLECTIVE BRAINIT’S INGENIOUS! WE’VE TAPPED INTO OUR COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE.

AppsFavorite learning apps. We’ve all got them. What are yours? Duolingo for foreign languages? Pinterest for curated imagery? iPad apps? Please share.

Social MediaWho knew learning could be so much fun? But just think about all the information you’ve gathered on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and more.

Online ToolsThe growing popularity of digital tools

shows how connected we’ve all become when learning online.

SoftwarePowerful cloud-based software helps us

collaborate freely. Thank you, Google Drive and YouTube and Dropbox and PowerPoint

and Flipboard, and and and..., .

EDUCATION EXPLOSIONWE’RE LEARNING FROM ONE ANOTHER ONLINE

HAVE YOU MET QUORA?

IT’S ALL ABOUT SHARING

Here’s a great example of an online community dedicated to shared knowledge: Quora, a website with a gazillion questions that get asked, answered, and organized by Quora’s user community.

When we have a shared vision, we’re passionate about trading our knowledge. We ask targeted questions and give useful answers that add up to a high-quality experience for everybody.

FEED YOUR NEED - AND NOW MEET QUORUM!

Great online communities feed our need to connect to a group of like-minded people who actively pursue a shared interest.

We’ve created Quorum for people who are hungry to join an online investment community. We share info about investment strategies that can help us reach our financial goals.

The Quorum is the perfect place to speak your mind and voice your opinions. Let’s do it through a lively conversation and spirited debate. So be brave. Jump in. You never know where your curiosity will take you.https://www.qplum.co/discuss

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