Do you want community on your site?

Many people, when they think about communities, only think about the community they have with people in person. But online communities are getting more and more popular. From Facebook and Twitter to more conventional online communities like forums, online communities are gaining a lot of traction. In some ways, the people I chat with online are better friends than my neighbors. So I definitely want to build community online. And I hope you do too. Another way to build community is to participate in blog carnivals like the "community" blog carnival I am participating in.