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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. Re:Simply put .. well said. by Slaveway · · Score: 1, Redundant
    This has to be one of the facts that I've had to face, going into my third community site. You create and direct when the community is starting up. Once its established, your role becomes more understated and less direct. You guide and influence. You don't direct.
    I too came to this realization operating my online community.
    I try to quide and set the groundrules but let it operate as the community sees fit.
    http://www.slaveway.com
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