Creating a community "VKontakte": a short guide.

Social networks are the most popular and fastest growing branch of the modern Internet. Tens of millions of users have an account at least in one of the popular networks, and even in several at once. They are convenient not only for personal communication, but also for the rapprochement of people for any common interests or areas of activity. Ideas for the creation of various associations every day there are many. How to collect at least a few people, if you came up with some interesting idea? Of course, you will not be able to create a social network from scratch, but you can use existing networks and create an Internet community within them - a group of users united on some basis.

The ability to create a community of online users has long existed in all social networks. Their number reaches several million. The main factor in their growth is the diversity of their diversity. After all, each person has several interests, and therefore he can simultaneously be a member of several groups. Rare users regularly review the list of communities in which they are composed, and delete unnecessary ones. Many, on the contrary, agree to all proposals and therefore can immediately consist of several dozens, hundreds or even thousands of communities. Another factor that influenced a huge number of groups in social networks is that the creation of a community is available to all users and is not limited in quantity.

Creating a community is very easy in popular social services. Consider the creation of a group on the example of the social network "VKontakte". The "My Groups" tab of the left menu shows a complete list of all the communities in which the user is a member. In the upper right corner is the link "Create community". In the opened menu, you must choose one of three options. A group is a standard kind of community in which there is one or more administrators. A year or two ago, the groups were the only types of communities. They are great for uniting people with common interests, they are convenient for discussing some topics or expressing their opinions.

Public page - the second version of the community. They are gaining increasing popularity recently. This kind of pages is suitable for famous personalities, as well as for promoting stores and businesses. They are ideal for publishing various news. Public pages differ from groups by the fact that they need not to join, but to subscribe. In addition, they do not create topics, but simply publish news on the wall. Creating a community such as a "public page" is very fast.

"Meetings" were recently presented as a separate section, and you could view them on the calendar. Now this is also a category of associations. Creating a community of this type is best suited to inform users about any upcoming event (concert, rally, meeting, flash mob). They will also help determine the approximate number of guests that will be present.