Month: September 2008

Most online communities want a few members to contribute their time. So they put up a post asking for volunteers. They’re usually lucky to get

Don’t try to build a community all by yourself. It’s more work than any sane community builder should try to take on. Are you really

I have a new word, powerizing. It’s like unionising, only it sounds better. Adding to Seth’s piece today. Swing and independent voters should powerize themselves.

You have to look at the community from it’s member’s side. Take your organisation out of it, and answer “why would people join this community?”.

It’s easier to build an online community for sports teams, video games and kinky coffee drinkers. The products are more fun when shared. It’s harder

I heard about Cramster yesterday. The online study group site is shockingly successful, and has just received $3m in capital to expand. Here are five

The members of most communities are polyamorous. This means your community’s best members are also in your biggest rival’s community. You begin fighting for a

  An easy way to bond a community together is to send them to war. Not so much the gory guns and killing kind, but

I just wonder if it might be impossible to buy an online community. Imagine the hurdles: Deciding what to buy: Do you buy the website?