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Building Online Communities

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the build-it-and-MAYBE-they'll-come dept.

chromatic writes "I've published an essay about building online communities on the O'Reilly Network. It pulls together several thoughts gathered from observing sites like Slashdot, Everything2, and Perl Monks."

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  1. Forgotten link by Troed · · Score: 3, Funny
    The submitter forgot to link to one of the sites mentioned.


    slashdot

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    1. Re:Forgotten link by hashinclude · · Score: 0, Funny

      Oh, so we now (mindlessly) slashdot shashdot? poor slashdot. That too in the first (visible) post? Honestly, I ask you. Poor slashdot.

      Couldn't you give slashdot a bit of relief?

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    2. Re:Forgotten link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Finally we shall see how slashdot stands up to being linked to by slashdot. Only time will tell if it to suffers the poor slashdot effect.

  2. Woohoo! by flewp · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Cultivate a community, and you'll attract eyeballs and ears.." Sweet! Just what I need to expand my eyeball collection!

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    WWJD.... for a Klondike bar?
  3. Forgot a link... by krugdm · · Score: 5, Funny

    It pulls together several thoughts gathered from observing sites like Slashdot, Everything2, and Perl Monks."

    Here's the link to Slashdot for anyone that needs it...

    1. Re:Forgot a link... by Ektanoor · · Score: 3, Funny

      You people didn't catch it... The guy was afraid that the site could go down in one more of these terrible /. effects

  4. Community by 91degrees · · Score: 5, Funny

    Although it isn't really a community, Slashdot does serve a very important purpose.

    Many, if not all of the people here are socially not too great at real in front of people communication. They feel too much of an urge to speak quickly, making them say embarrasing or stupid things. The addition of a keyboard and a delay slow down the communication and allow us to speak our minds.

    Without the likes of Slashdot, whole swathes of youngsters would be unable to comunicate at all, and would be unable to fit in, and would end up jumping off a bridge. So online community saves lives.

    1. Re:Community by Shimbo · · Score: 5, Funny

      Without the likes of Slashdot, whole swathes of youngsters would be unable to comunicate at all, and would be unable to fit in, and would end up jumping off a bridge.

      Well these days most bridges are only 1U high, so they're not likely to come to much harm.

    2. Re:Community by archetypeone · · Score: 2, Funny

      What's the difference between an introverted and an extroverted Computer Geek?

      An extroverted Computer Geek looks at YOUR shoes.

  5. Surprising by flewp · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Community members will continually surprise you, especially if you've never really analyzed an online community before."
    Well, I know here on /. they're always surprising me. I mean, where else can you get up to the minute news on the death of BSD, and the death of Stephen King?

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  6. Users will surprise you... by fruey · · Score: 5, Funny
    Community members will continually surprise you, especially if you've never really analyzed an online community before.

    Translation: If you're a newbie, you will get flamed

    The issues and themes you find important may never really resonate with your users. They'll latch onto and chase down ideas you've never found important or even knew existed.

    Trans: you may still be a loser even if you run a successful weblog, or more mildly, there is always someone who knows more than you about how some random chip inside some old hardware REALLY works.

    They'll also tend to develop some strange characteristics.

    Trans: like first post, links to prOn, and the like...

    Not everyone will exhibit every behavior, but these are general trends in every community I've observed.

    Trans: there are some people who put a lot of thought into what they say. Thanks be to God/Allah/Buddha/Krishna/The TCP/IP stack/etc...

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    1. Re:Users will surprise you... by Asprin · · Score: 4, Funny


      They'll also tend to develop some strange characteristics.

      Trans: like first post, links to prOn, and the like...

      GEEZ - IT'S "pr0n", NOT "prOn"!!! GET IT RIGHT you flippin' newbie freak wannabe!!! It's not that isn't in the FAQ or anything!

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  7. Study Too Deep by BoBaBrain · · Score: 4, Funny

    [Humour]

    I'm not a professionally-trained sociologist, nor is this formal research. I do find my conclusions accurate, though.

    Looks like he spent a little too much time on Slashdot. This is only one step away from
    IANAL, but here's some legal advice...

    [/Humour]

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  8. Oh not "building communities" again... by gmezero · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why can't we make better use of the communities we already have? All this constant building new communities does nothing but add to the suburban sprawl that is already a blight on our landscape. ...oh wait... no, yeah. That's right...

    FREE KEVIN!

  9. Amen To That by BoBaBrain · · Score: 1, Funny

    The issues and themes you find important may never really resonate with your users. They'll latch onto and chase down ideas you've never found important or even knew existed.

    E.g. Spelling, grammer, content, etc. etc. etc.

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    1. Re:Amen To That by chrisos · · Score: 3, Funny

      E.g. Spelling, grammar, content, etc. etc. etc

      saying ::= pot | verb | kettle | colour :D

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  10. How can you forget eBay? by vasqzr · · Score: 4, Funny



    You left out the eBay Community!

    Maybe you should read the book about eBay.

  11. Ah, chromatic by I'm+not+a+script · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have 4 words for you pal:
    Get a real name !
    How the fuck did oh'really ? publish your book under a nickname ?
    That's what I wanna know.

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