It provides a gathering place in which people can get together for a social interaction without leaving the comfort of your home. Virtual online communities have also created a phenomenon of cyber culture. A culture with its own unique characteristics and rules that governed its establishment and continued existence. It is similar to face-face communities in that there are rules that governed the interactions. Virtual communities functions in the same way as face to face communities in that it allows for the interactions between people.
People come together to share their thoughts and feelings.
If you are not interested in the discussion then you can choose not to participate, just like in face to face communities where you can choose the group of people you interact with. There could probably be an evolution in cyberspace of virtual communities. Computer technology is undergoing profound changes that introduces new concepts and possibilities that were once never heard of. With the increasing possibilities of computer technology anything can happen. Technology has open the door to endless possibilities of invention and creation.