Communities are built around third places Meet Ladonia: a micronation with an online community. Though only a fraction of the declared citizens are within the declared geographic perimeter at any given time, they participate in governance and social customs in online forums year-round:Facebook group, or micronation? Source. The above mentions an online community as a "third place": what is that?The third place is the social surroundings separate from the two usual social environments of home ...