I've been part of many list based 'communities', and I really don't see them as being communities.
This list is one of the best I've seen as far as avoiding flame wars and such, but when people are afraid to post links because they don't want to 'spam' the list, is that really a community? peace, Ron On Dec 11, 2008, at 8:44 AM, Kath O'Donnell wrote: > re Ron's link to > >Community is the new capitalism: > >> Community is More than Dollars and Cents > > I thought we already were a community - this mail list. when people > post links in their sigs others can check them out & comment/continue > conversations there or reply to email privately. the vlomo type > projects seem good too for bursts of sub-communities too though it's > hard to maintain focus / be able to post regularly at times. other > online communities I've been involved with for years have been via > mail lists or forums/msg boards. some post links/videos etc. I don't > think the platform / medium really matters though - it's more about > the involvement of the people & the discussions & interactions that > keep people coming back. I don't know - maybe people should include > their 'featured posts/videos' links in an email sig or do an > announcement every now & then if they have something special. perhaps > some don't like doing 'shameless self promotion' or there's risks of > too much spam. > > for a website with content, personally I find a CMS eg drupal site a > better format than a blog-only one as there's multiple ways people can > come across posts & be presented / organised. but mostly because > that's what I've used most often too. and their themes are even better > these days for people who want more flexibility (though I haven't > updated my sites' themes yet - still using default ones) > > kath > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
