Fantasy Football Analysis
PURPOSE
The purpose of the community itself is to bring football fans together and offer another form of sport entertainment. The target audience are male, young, and affluent. The purpose of the community can vary from member to member, some use the site solely as a form of entertainment, while others use it for gambling purposes. The site does not include a mission statement as it is a site that is run mostly by the members. The members pore over content on players and strategies.
GATHERING PLACES
Once you join the fantasy football community and set up a profile you can join a league. Which is what the site is essentially made up of. Subgroup communities run and policed by its members. The site also has countless outside sources where members can get feedback on players performance, have discussions, post about their teams etc. There are also different types of leagues you can be a part of, they are: head to head, total point, dynasty "keeper",developmental dynasty, salary cap, auction,and two quarter back league, points per reception league, and survivor fantasy etc.
IDENTITIES AND PROFILES
Members set up profiles and join a league. Members can join several leagues (some are free others require payment upon membership). The league commissioner sets up each individual league benefits and communicates them to the members, if changes need to be made they are done by the members speaking up and taking a vote. The personal information collected about members is used based on the individual sites privacy policy, whether it be yahoo, ESPN fantasy etc. Members can edit their profiles to their liking and draft their own teams.
LEADERSHIP
The leagues are run by commissioners but the way that works is majority rules. Occasionally fantasy trade refs who are part of these third party sites,  are experienced players who rule on trades and offer an objective third party opinion. There are different kinds of leagues and it all depends on the leagues individually how the leadership roles are set up.
CODE OF CONDUCT
The code of conduct is stated in the member's agreement to the terms and conditions of the site but it is not monitored. The site is monitored by the site members and if there is a breach of the code of conduct it is expected to be reported by the site members to be investigated.
CYCLIC EVENTS
The leagues are mostly made up of family, friends, coworkers, and strangers. The events the site is based off of are the weekly football games that take place. Members can get together to watch the game and keep tabs on their fantasy team. Daily fantasy football also differs from playoff fantasy football and these differences are based on the individual leagues.
MEMBERSHIP AND MEMBER CREATED SUB-GROUPS
After creating an account, members join subgroups or leagues within the site. That is what the site is made up of, subgroups. These subgroups are communities within themselves and come together to make the fantasy football site forums, podcasts, highlight video discussions etc.
REAL WORLD INTERACTION
The members that make up the league determine the leagues real world interactions. Whether the league is made up of friends, family, coworkers or strangers, it is up to the league members whether or not they choose to interact in the real world. Most of the time, fantasy football includes real world interactions within the league and other leagues. Often leagues organize football watching activities that can vary from small scale interaction to a larger scale interactions. The site offers new connections to be made based on the size of a league but it is difficult to reach a larger scale audience as the site is made of subgroup communities.

Communities Face to Face Online

Something I found interesting was the study on trust in the United States. Which concluded that the portion of people who believe that most people can be trusted has gone up since 1993. In 1960 it was at 58%, in 1993 it dropped to 37% and in 2007 it went up to 45%. The layout of the trust in the United States concluded that categorically white people, people of ages 50-65+, married people, people making a salary of 100K+, and people living in rural,suburban,close knit communities were found to be the most trustworthy.

That being said I looked into the online community of couchsurfing.org. The whole time I was exploring this site I was intrigued by this idea that the site is based upon blind trust. The mission of the site is to create a community where you can share your life, create a connection, offer kindness, stay curious, and to leave it better than you found it. The way the site is used is Something that struck me about their values is that they are creating a new kind of community that translates from the virtual world to the real world.

There are 9 million members of the couch surfing community and they are active in 120,000 cities around the world. This goes to show that trust in the real world is a lot different in the online world. When using the site you set up a profile and then you can go and explore your city and interact with fellow couch surfers and hosts. You can also read about other people's adventures and experiences using the site. The trust that develops between members of the site is based upon a common interest, and this is developed by having similar mindsets and all being part of the couch surfing community. Users review peoples profiles and have the choice of whether or not they would like to reach out to other members. The site is policed in a way that they ask that you give feedback and report any abuse or negative experiences while couch surfing.

If a trust survey was conducted on the site it would look entirely different than the one conducted on people in the United States. It is easier to establish trust online as there isn't the initial barrier of face to face interaction. Online you are meeting someone that is presenting you with their profile or the best of the best. What you takeaway about a person is limited in the sense that you only know what that person wants you to know about them.