Comments on: Building Vibrant Communities http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/building-vibrant-communities/ Exploring The Intersections Of Technology and Society Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:37:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: mike http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/building-vibrant-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-21949 mike Thu, 29 May 2008 22:37:07 +0000 http://howtosplitanatom.com/?p=1205#comment-21949 Agreed with all of the above. While reading I compared to my own social network i've been working on. <br><br><a href="http://www.liveforfame.com">http://www.liveforfame.com</a><br><br>me and my team members had a pretty long discussion about the last paragraph and I'm glad I won and we kept it pretty open for unregistered browsers.<br><br>we also set up a pretty cool star system to promote other users. any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Agreed with all of the above. While reading I compared to my own social network i've been working on.

http://www.liveforfame.com

me and my team members had a pretty long discussion about the last paragraph and I'm glad I won and we kept it pretty open for unregistered browsers.

we also set up a pretty cool star system to promote other users. any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

]]> By: Svetlana Gladkova http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/building-vibrant-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-21948 Svetlana Gladkova Thu, 29 May 2008 16:21:42 +0000 http://howtosplitanatom.com/?p=1205#comment-21948 Excellent post Steve, definitely something to make sure you know when you are launching (or managing) an online community. After all, these days almost any website has some social network of its own - thus we should all be aware what are the best rules to build a vibrant community for each website. The only problem for me are the scores - you know, as a new user in some communities I invariably feel too shy to start posting something when I have a 0 in my profile. So while scores encourage power users, they may be very discouraging for a much larger community of new smaller users. Excellent post Steve, definitely something to make sure you know when you are launching (or managing) an online community. After all, these days almost any website has some social network of its own – thus we should all be aware what are the best rules to build a vibrant community for each website. The only problem for me are the scores – you know, as a new user in some communities I invariably feel too shy to start posting something when I have a 0 in my profile. So while scores encourage power users, they may be very discouraging for a much larger community of new smaller users.

]]> By: sbspalding http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/building-vibrant-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-21946 sbspalding Thu, 29 May 2008 12:08:18 +0000 http://howtosplitanatom.com/?p=1205#comment-21946 To me Inside and Out comes really quickly. I think you start seeing adopters pick up quickly when you get rid of registration walls. You're right, no one wants to have "buy" a site (register) before they have a chance to get information from it. To me Inside and Out comes really quickly. I think you start seeing adopters pick up quickly when you get rid of registration walls. You're right, no one wants to have “buy” a site (register) before they have a chance to get information from it.

]]> By: promotional items http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/building-vibrant-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-21947 promotional items Thu, 29 May 2008 01:44:49 +0000 http://howtosplitanatom.com/?p=1205#comment-21947 wonderful! Your post really so helpful. I agree with you. Thank you so much. wonderful! Your post really so helpful. I agree with you. Thank you so much.

]]> By: Maggy Young http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/building-vibrant-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-21945 Maggy Young Wed, 28 May 2008 23:04:16 +0000 http://howtosplitanatom.com/?p=1205#comment-21945 Great post. The sort of points that should be obvious but people tend to overlook. You also could have asked which of the six criteria is the most important ? I'd say 'The Hook' is crucial at start up stage & subsequently 'Inside & Out'. How many users reugularly use You Tube without having bothered to join ? And the web is too competitive now to put obstacles in users way. Great post. The sort of points that should be obvious but people tend to overlook. You also could have asked which of the six criteria is the most important ? I'd say 'The Hook' is crucial at start up stage & subsequently 'Inside & Out'. How many users reugularly use You Tube without having bothered to join ? And the web is too competitive now to put obstacles in users way.

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