To me a community can be formed from a combination of those of a similar mindset, a place to gather, and the willingness to aid one another to name a few.
When you go online to a particular site such as Facebook, a forum or a game there are bound to be people who are there for the same reasons that you are. More specifically on a site such as Facebook you can search their website for officially made communities that range from several topic, in a forum based setting each individual forum is based on a specific topic which people of a like-mind communicate with one another.
Facebook, forums, and games can also serve as a place to gather. From personal experience however I view games as the better of the three examples provided. This is because I feel there is a better interaction between the players through their microphones which they use to talk to each other as well as the actions of their avatars. With games you can better see that everyone is in one place in a server.
The willingness to aid one another is a tricky subject for both a real community and a internet one. Mainly because on both cases the question becomes "Whats in it for me?" which to me still counts but to some may not. The willingness t aid someone can range from information gathering, obtaining an item of physically doing the task alongside the person in need of help which can be done online but through slightly different means.
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