On the other hand, it’s easy to find a lot of examples to prove that seniors, housewives, ship owners and so on also create very large and animated communities on the web. Every community, even if it’s a niche community (like it happens with gay chat, aquarium owners or hair care for black people forums), it’s related to a more or less specific identity, which means that its members manage to identify, recognize and distinguish themselves from the others by specific characteristics which are part of that identity.
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