Comfort has won, and most formality is gone. But the freedom of informality comes at a cost. Formality is the bulwark against some of the nastiest human impulses, and acts as a vaccine against our most dangerous tendency: forming in-groups and out-groups.
From We need highly formal rituals in order to make life more democraticβ Aeon
βοΈ Blogs, Articles, Resources and News
- Is there a magic number for community viability? β Chris Pattison
- How Covid-19 is Changing the Nature of Access in Virtual Gatherings β Priya Parker / New York Time Events
- Building Remote Relationships β Open Source Capital
- Why Every Organization Should Adopt a Community Strategy β Eric J. Montijo
- Iβm not weird β Home Game Comic
- The 6 builders who will thrive in the new world β Brianne Kimmel
- Surviving This Pandemic Isnβt Enough β The Atlantic
- Popcorn Q&A: Mia Quagliarello of Flipboard, the Burning Man Project, and "Get Together" podcast β Get Together
ποΈ Podcasts
- Jennifer Erzen on the (Not So) Secret Powers of Community β Conversations with Community Managers
- Bitesize: Angela Brown of The Linux Foundation discusses what contributes to the energy of events β Jono Bacon
- Rethinking Big Ideas: Priya Parker on Gathering Apart β The Next Big Idea
- EP55: Completely Rethinking Community w/ Bunker Labs β The C2C Podcast
- Engagement That Scales β Podcast Episode #7: Harold Jarche on Working Smarter β The Community Roundtable
- 4: Somebodyβs going to eat your lunch β In Before The Lock
- How HER Puts Its LGBTQ+ Communityβs Safety First β Community Signal
- Bitesize: Jeff Atwood, Co-Founder of Discourse and StackOverflow, on platform responsibility. β Jono Bacon
ποΈ Events
Upcoming events, let me know if Iβve missed anyβ¦
- Vanilla Conversations Spring 2020 β Vanilla Forums
- CommChat Virtual Summit β Comm.Chat
π¦ Tweets
As a community builder for @IndieHackers I'm always asking myself:
— Rosie Sherry (@rosiesherry) May 18, 2020
How can I help #indiehackers thrive?
One way I have been experimenting with this is through Tweets that promote their hard work (products).
Virtually every tweet gets us a thank you and much β€οΈ thrown our way. pic.twitter.com/ZkzTVuH0Ag
I like how the placeholder text on @IndieHackers reminds you to be a nice person π pic.twitter.com/X3074WAL1f
— Davis Baer (@mynameis_davis) May 14, 2020