Over the last couple years, I’ve started a few online communities aka forums of people who congregate online to communicate and vegetate. They are brought to these places with common threads of interests. A lot of people ask me why do I continue to build more forums, more communities, more places to go on the web.

Brian calls me a “savage” when he hears such stories. I think the term “savage” can only be used to characterize a trait in the third person perspective. From a first person quality point of view, I dont think I am anywhere close to being a “savage.”

However, like a lot of things done in this world, I create these communities somewhat by accident. The bottom line is every thing I have started is simply because I dont like what is being done on the Internet. I identify things that I dont like, and I tell myself why complain when the opportunity falls upon me to do it my way, to do it better than the next guy. I take what I dont like about other places, and I try to make things better. I try to offer up and provide a better quality product, which in this case is a forum. I want a better community centered around that interest. I just want it done better. Who am I to complain, but I am willing to take that next step and start up something of my own.

Fewer the instances are the fact that sometimes I cannot find any said community about a common interest. Niche markets, specific interests, subject focus all lead to starting up a community. If I cant find it, then there must be others out there wanting to know more about what I am searching for.

So between doing things better or just doing them in the first place, is why I start these communities up. Next time, I’ll talk about what one can interpret success from an online community.