Why do people gather? For that matter why does anything gather?  To be around like minds?

To not be alone. As much as someone says they want to be alone they don’t. We all need others to define ourselves.

Online and offline you’ll see people gathering naturally:

Chat rooms
Discussion boards
Social networks
Microblogging platforms
Special events
Clubs
Concerts
Museums

These are places where people naturally come together around one centralized topic. If you look closer there are overlapping subtopics that look like many Venn Diagrams overlaid at once. They may have differing opinions and views on what they’re consuming but the one thing that remains constant is what they are there for.

Some ways people gather are apparent while others are more subtle. One thing is for sure – we gather and we gather often.