Core community

A core community or core team is a subset of a community or social network which is made of active core members that contribute frequently and setup the rules, contrary to the majority of non-core members and lurkers which are mainly watching and observing. The core community often contains the founders or owners of the community.

• For an open-source project, the core community contains the main developers and often the founders of the project

• For a religious movement, the core community contains the saints, prophets and 'apostles'. The prophets invent the rules, the priests teach them, and the members must learn and obey them

• For a political party, the core community is made of the chairmans of a party and their assistants