What is a community?

[paulj]

And what does it take to make one? Is it like-minded people, who share ideals, beliefs or some other common values? Does it take a certain number of people to make a community?If the people around you encourage and support you, even when you’re full of it, are they being a good community? If you [...]
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[doctordew]

I think a community is just a place where people join when they have an interest in something, and when the other people with the same interest come there to talk about the same thing people bond in a way. They then get to talking about other things and making new friends.