How does anybody find friends? In the traditional community, we search through our pool of neighbours and professional colleagues, in order to find people who share our values and interests. We exchange information about one another, disclose and discuss our mutual interests. In a virtual community we can go directly to the place where are favourite subjects are being discussed, then get acquainted with people who share our passions or who use words in a way we find attractive. Your chances of making friends are magnified by orders of magnitude over the old methods of finding a peer group.