Blogging community is about the people who discussing related topic under the same blog (White,2007). It is a more like a group meeting but doing it online by gives comments to the particular blog.
The blog must have a permalink in order to let the community to enter the blog or link directly in order to create a blogging community. Bloggers are looking for updates when posting latest information or news by just looking at the label or title. Therefore, the user need to create a comment box for the bloggers or viewers to comments, feedback or even gives good suggestions. This however makes the provider and the viewers communicate indirectly with each other while discussing the topic.
There are three types of blogging communities and they are blog centric, topic centric and also community centric. (White, 2007). Blog centric is usually formed by one blogger, and usually interact with viewers through comments box. Topics are moving with the blogger not community, and community will disappear without blogger.
Topic centric is no central repository of conversation, and to find community in no central location. Links are basically are made through both the content and through relationships, and also through other social content sharing tools.
The final types is that community centric is actually profile and login provide a clear identity, an entry point, and emphasizes the boundary of the community. It is actually focusing on ongoing interactions betweens members and norms and agreements across the community are emphasized over individual control.
Reference
White, N., 2007, Blogs and communities Part 1-5, viewed 5thof May, 2011,
http://www.wdil.org/resources/blogs-and-community-parts-1-5
Please apply a community type onto one example blog and see how that blog allows community building.
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