Some are based on religious convictions. Others are based on occupational interests. The internet contains the public, and they assemble and interact in specific places called virtual communities. The purpose of virtual online communities is to provide members with a place to exchange ideas about political and cultural matters. These communities provide advice and resources to members seeking information regarding specific topics.
Virtual communities advertise, sell, and promote.
Relationships are formed in virtual communities, some friendship and some romantic. Feuds and break-ups are spawned in virtual communities, some amiable and some hostile. Other communities devote themselves to intellectual forums for discussing Behavior , Psychology , golf , recreation vehicles , and anything and everything you can think of. Virtual communities take the forms of e-mail discussions, mailing lists, forums and chat rooms, conferences, and many others. There are message boards and newsgroups.