This week in community building — Issue 101

Toward a New Building Culture

By Austin Tunnell, Strong Towns

There are lots of things around architecture that we can learn from and adapt for community building.

There will always be a place for big projects, but the fabric of good neighborhoods, towns, and cities is woven by small people doing small things.

We get what the business model wants

By Seth Godin

Ooooof.

And for many people, the biggest change is this: the business model of social networks has replaced the simple act of being in community.

🌈 This week in Rosieland

• In the evolution of the internet: let's make sure we're building an inclusive one. — Erin Mikail Staples
• Community Entry Points — Rosie Sherry [Pro]
• Web 2 community profits do not all go to the founders — Rosie Sherry
• Positive Reinforcement Flywheels driving Community Habits — Erin Mikail Staples
• Cultivating Communities: recording, notes and resources now available [Pro]

🌐 This week in community around the web

• Co-creation and the new landscapes of design — Elizabeth B.-N. Sanders & Pieter Jan Stappers
• Confucius — Why we need rituals — Ralph Ammer
• 10 Things I've learnt being an AWS Developer Advocate — Derek Bingham
• Dos and Don’ts of Managing an Already Built Community — Elodie Dincuff
• Why People Are Paying $100K+ To Change Their Profile to a Digital Ape — Peter Yang
• How to Launch a Creator DAO — SuperConnected
• Peloton's Flat Tire — The Flywheel
• How to design great incentives? — Super Connected
• Managing the Doors to Your Community — Patrick McCrann
• Building Employee-level KPIs For Your Community Team — Lauren Clevenger

🎙 Podcasts & Videos & Rackets

• Building Inclusive Communities with Kindness and Empathy — HashiCorp
• Episode 56 ~ Creating Intentional Communities — Social LIghts
• The Role of Communities in Navigating Disruption - With Charlene Li — Cohere
• The Community Wayback Machine with Howard Rheingold — Masters of Community
• The CX 001: Ending the Loneliness Epidemic with Jillian Richardson — The Community Experience
• The CX 002: Unboxing Community in the Pokemon Card Niche with Pat Flynn — The Community Experience
• The CX 003: Navigating the Business of Belonging with David Spinks — The Community Experience
• Forming relationships and a leadership team for a community — Rosie Sherry + Maricris Bonzo
• What Community Folk can learn from Academia — Erin Mikail + Venia Logan
• The #Ship30for30 Community — Building a Habit — Erin Mikail + Tina Amper
• How game design can help with creating a more fulfilling community — Rosie Sherry + Prabhjot Singh Lamba

🗞 News

• Reddit bans anti-vaccine subreddit r/NoNewNormal after site-wide protest — The Verge
• Loot is a viral social network that looks like nothing you've ever seen — Platformer
• Twitch streamers are taking a day off to protest hate raids — Engadget
• Why metaverse builders want to create safe, consensual virtual worlds — Digiday

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