Get tips on how to make your own furniture, find companion runners for the next city marathon or discuss dog training techniques – there are online communities beyond Facebook for all these and much more.Online communities as a forum for discussion and trading information had their heyday in the mid-1990s when anyone with a PC and Internet access could contribute on almost any topic.And today? Forums have taken a big hit from Facebook in terms of membership, but they're still around. "Online communities are still in vogue," says Professor Herbert Woratschek from the University of Bayreuth in Germany. "Nevertheless, we feel a migration towards Facebook, of course, but due to the active participation in the DIY forum it's not so important. "This trend of migration towards Facebook is visible across most online communities.

Source: The Star May 27, 2018 06:56 UTC