Tag: social netowrking

  • #OCTRibe Topic: Valuing Participation in Online Communities

    Note: This is cross-posted from the Online Community Report. I’m pleased to be kicking off the 2nd topic in the #octribe discussion, following the kickoff topic of “Influencers” by Gail Williams two weeks ago. How OCTribe works Write something tomorrow (Tuesday, July 28), tag it #octribe or tweet it as #octribe, and your post will…

  • Online Community Roundtable: Jan 8 in SF

    The next Online Community Roundtable will be held Thursday, January 8 at SolutionSet in San Francisco. The Roundtable is intended for seasoned community managers and strategists. We have room for 20 folks, and seats are going fast. The event is free. To RSVP for the Roundtable, please go here: http://moourl.com/sf_ocr_jan09 About the Roundtables… The Roundtables…

  • Most Communities Don’t Stick?

    Steve Rubel had an interesting post this morning, titled “Historically, Most Online Communities Haven’t Stuck” Only a handful of community sites over the last dozen years have had staying power. If you study them you’ll find moats to protect them from competitors and fickle users. These barriers to entry include peer-to-peer commerce (in the case…