Communities online?

Can belonging to an online community impact your life? Many people connect with others that have similar interests via online communities. There are many positives to this kind of connections. But there can also be some negatives to this as well.

Some of the positives are that you meet people that you might not have met in real life due to where they live. With these connections many people feel like they belong. That is a really good feeling to have especially when they have no one else around them that likes the same thing as them. Online communities can also create connections that could possibly lead to job
opportunities in the future. 

But there are still the dangers of being involved with an online community. One example is the person on the other side of the conversation could be a fake and just trying to do thing to benefit them. Or you could have a person on the other side that just really upsets you with their view on a certain topic.

My view about online communities are that if you feel like you need to feel that belonging and talk to people without meeting them face to face then you can. But I tend to stay away from online communities due the fact that I can not trust the person on the other side of the conversation. Maybe it is just me not trusting people until I meet you face to face and building a bond that way.