Community Signal is turning 10 on December 7! I'm thinking about putting together a greatest hits show of some of my favorite clips from the last 10 years. That would be a fun way to reflect. Thanks to Serena Snoad for the suggestion.
I'm open to other ideas, as well. Thanks for listening to the show!
“The WELL [online community founded in 1985], because of its open nature and desire to experiment, opened up chunks of the operating system for programmers to actually play with and make little utilities for the people as a way of practicing. There was this maker culture going on at the same time. As @hrheingold put it once, it was where the tool makers meet the tool users. ...
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When researchers at the University of Zurich conducted psychological experiments on the Change My View community without consent, it was one human space taking advantage of another human space, which made it even worse, according to Logan MacGregor, a volunteer moderator in the community.
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When you are expanding your online community into a new country, you should examine the verbiage you are currently using. Locally-minded adjustments can help members feel more at home. Here's an example:
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“I think part of providing a good experience is less hurdles to jump over. If you have an open community, then people can find [your] content because it’s indexed by external search engines. Not only that, but if they just visit your community, they can poke around and read the content without feeling like they’re trapped into [creating an account]. Some people don’t want to do that. ...
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“... Who really loses when we threaten the opportunities to build meaningful communities that can have a positive impact on people’s lives?” –@scottmoore
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Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is a frequent topic of conversation on Community Signal. As Patrick puts it, if you're a community professional in the United States, "this is the law that places the liability for speech on the author of that speech, not on you as the [community's] host
Even though the internet may be full of bad comments, that doesn't mean that the one you are about to post won't cause harm. After researchers conducted a psychological experiment on an online community without consent, they seemed to believe that, since their comments were just like any other, there was not a great risk of harm.
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“I’ve always tried to think like a chameleon. Whenever you go into a company, they’re going to put you where they think you belong. … This is just another version of that question of where does the community person belong? ...
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“When one community person – a volunteer, a host, a person in this line of work – stands up for their community, they stand up for all communities.” -@patrickokeefe
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“... If staff doesn’t know what community is, then how do we really know that our members know how to utilize it and what it is?” -Marjorie Anderson
https://www.communitysignal.com/when-you-ask-a-room-full-of-senior-staff-what-community-is/
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In January, Project Management Institute community engagement specialist Marjorie Anderson delivered a presentation to a room full of senior staff. She asked them a question: "Can anyone tell me what community is?" Surprised by the answers she received, Marjorie endeavored to make community more we
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