What does “community” mean and how can we improve the sense of community?
Let’s define what community means first. An online community is a group of people connected by a shared goal, an interest or a purpose and communicating with each other in the same environment.
I think, by the sense of community you meant the sense of belonging. So, let’s discuss it. We can say that a person is a part of a community for real when they feel that they belong to it. More strictly, a sense of belonging can be described as a degree to which a person sees themselves to be connected to their community and satisfied with their role within it. Sense of belonging emerges through constant positive interactions between the members of a community. So the more people know each other and interact with one another, the more positive their experience in the community, the stronger their sense of belonging.
Nurturing a sense of belonging among the users is one of the primary goals of community building.