<hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="italic">Digital Medievalist </hi>is an international web community for medievalists working with digital media. Established in 2003 by a group of volunteers <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" target="ftn1" n="1" /> and before the arrival of Facebook and Twitter <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" target="ftn2" n="2" />, the goal of <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="italic">Digital Medievalist</hi> would also become that of the popular social networks: to connect people around the world providing them with an exchange platform. But where Facebook and Twitter were driven by relationships, <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="italic">Digital Medievalist</hi> was driven by interest.