 With these advances, barriers have been lifted and distance is no longer such a great factor in anchoring the flow of people, goods or information.When identifying what it is that makes a community, it is important to break it down and understand the components that sociologist have found that creates solidarity between the community and its members.German Sociologist and Philosopher Ferdinand Tönnies spoke of these components as evolutionary terms in his theoretical essay "Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft" (translated to Community and Society).