Mining your followers
In the real world, a social community is a group of people who share some common conditions. This broad definition includes, for example, communities of people located in a precise geographical area, people with the same political or religious belief, or people sharing a specific interest, such as reading books.
The concept of social communities is also central to social media platforms. The boundaries of a community in a virtual environment can be more blurred than in the real world as, for example, the geographical aspect is less determinant. Just like in a face-to-face situation, a community naturally appears on a social media platform when people with common interest or condition start to interact.
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