What makes a community

A community is essentially a gathering of groups or individuals that share a common reason for communicating with each other. This use to be constrained to who a person lived around and the location was the common reason to communicate. This later evolved into hobbyists who share a similar past time finding ways to come together and share their interest. This form of community is not a constant such as the living near each other type of community, but happens whenever the participants can form the community. It still follows the basic principle of community. The internet later brought this form of community together and become more accessible. It is still formed whenever the members of the community can get together, but it made the act of getting together much more available and convenient.