I need your help in compiling a list of types of online communities. The categories are broad. The criteria is that they would have a community manager or be interested in community manager topics.

*Update – Scott pointed out that there should be some organizational framework or taxonomy. My goal isn’t to create an exhaustive list of types of communities. To clarify  my goal is to create a list of general types of communities that have needs that are unique to them. What are their idiosyncracies? So this list needs to have that information included here. More to come on this.

Types of Online Communities

  • open source
  • enterprise
  • small to medium business
  • start-ups
  • gaming
  • non-profits – education, library, museums, charities
  • media, publications
  • private communities
  • open innovation
  • internal collaboration
  • communities for establishing standards?

Your turn! What would you add? Are there any that you would take off?