The online spaces I usually visit, do have a shared culture. When I log onto Facebook, the status posted are often the same. I can use the example of how my girlfriends post about guys, and how they are now single and looking for someone to be with. My guy friends do the same in posting about girls and stating that they are looking for girlfriends. I guess the culture they would be sharing is about "finding love". Facebook is initially for communicating with friends you already know. But in present days people add those who they have never met before just because they are interested in getting to know them (mostly opposite sex). They come together on Facebook both looking for the same thing, finding a new person to talk to or even potentially date. Also Facebook is a place where people obviously share the same thoughts. Which is why the "liking" feature is very popular in status because you log on in some state of mind feeling sad or happy and you read someone status and you can easily relate because its how you're feeling! We all go on Facebook to connect with others and feel kind of like a escape from the real world.
Twitter is also another online space where I feel there is a shared culture. If someone tweets something you agree with you get to "retweet" it and it appears in your profile. There are also trending topics in which there is a specific topic that every one tweets about. That could definitely be viewed as a shared culture since all the people would be discussing the same topic. Here the culture represented is the one of where everyone can pose their views on a specific topic and be able to do so without anyone restricting their self expression.
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