As the number of bloggers increased, blogging communities have emerged and according to Nancy White (2006), blog based communities fit into three categories:
Single Blog/Blogger Centric Community
The "single blog/blogger" is the first form of blog based community to surface when readers began returning to early bloggers' sites, posting comments and getting acquainted not only to the blogger but also the other commentors. It is usually owned by one person or an organisation.
Topic Centric Community
Topic centric community arises between groups of people with shared interests such as food bloggers, fashion bloggers, travel bloggers and political bloggers. The community is formed through the usage of links.
Boundaried Communities
Boundaried communities usually require members to register and join the community before they are given the option of starting a blog. Boundaried communities are the closest of blogging communities to resembling traditional forum based communities.
Hence, from the above we can gather that blogging communities can be formed by webtools such as comments and links. Wikipedia (2009) also agrees that communities are formed through blogrolls, comments, linkbacks and backlinks.
An example of a blogging community would be A Shopaholic's Den where various online blogshops in Malaysia are aggregated to inform readers of new updates in their online stores. A Shopaholic's Den is a topic centric community.
References:
White, N 2006, Blogs and Community - launching a new paradigm for online community?, viewed 14 November 2009, <http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/edition-11-editorial/blogs-and-community-–-launching-a-new-paradigm-for-online-community>.
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