Month: November 2012

Reddit runs the largest Secret Santa in the world. The concept is simple. You sign up, fill in a simple form, state what you like/dislike,

My first online communities were for a video game called Counter-Strike. From circa ’99 to around 04 it was the most popular online multiplayer first-person

Some successful community professionals express surprise that community building is such hard work. They launched their communities and it just took off. Yes, this really

It makes sense to discourage spam, porn, personal attacks. They’re a distraction and a deterrent from participating in a community. However, you should also discourage

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We went through these before. Who are you going to reach? How are you going to reach them? What are you going to tell them?

Spot potential stars of your community and build their reputations.  Communities need stars. They need leaders they look up to. They orientate around the key

If you can identify what has worked for one community in another sector, it will probably work for yours too.  Research the same type of