Blogging Community

Definition of Blogging Community

Blogging online community can be defined as a group of people who interacts online about blog related topics. (White 2006) in short, only registered users are eligible to be part of the community.

How to Create a Blogging Community

Firstly, blogging community can be created by having a permalink so that the community could directly go to a particular blog post.

Secondly, post up each of the latest news and opinions with proper labeling via RSS feeds in it so that the followers can read them easily.

Permalink (circled in red) ,the news and opinions (in blue)

Next, enabling comment postings in the site to interact with the followers and generate useful feedback on a certain topic.

The comment section (in green)

Types of blogging Community

According to White (2006), there are three types of blogging community;-

1. Single Blog/Blogger Centric Community- first that is managed by one or more person
   
2. Central Connecting Topic Community- arises between blogs linked by a common interest
   
3. Boundaried Communities- blogs compilation on a single site

Malaysia Kini is considered as Central Connecting Topic Community.

Firstly, readers must register to join Malaysia Kini's community in knowing more information and give opinion about a certain topic. White (2006) mentioned that this network community is a combination of subject matter (domain) and membership (community)

'Login' or 'Register'(circled in purple) needed to give feedback (in red)

Malaysia Kini has many links to other political topics in the site to keep readers up to date. White (2006) stated that the topics are linked with blogrolls of hyperlinks, aggregated feeds(RSS), and comments.

Reference List:

White, N. 2006, "Blogs and community: Launching a new paradigm for online community?", Going Communal, viewed April 15th 2010,

http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/edition-11-editorial/blogs-and-community-%E2%80%93-launching-a-new-paradigm-for-online-community

Bibliography

Malaysia Kini 2010, 'Its Four-Corner Fight in Hulu Selangor', viewed 17^th April 2010,

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/129412

Malaysia Kini 2010, ' Malaysia Kini: News and Views that matter', viewed 17^th April 2010,

http://www.malaysiakini.com/