Autism Is an Identity, Not a Disease: Inside the Neurodiversity Movement
By Katherine Reynolds Lewis
Activists argue that rather than trying to ‘cure’ or treat the neurodivergent, society should learn to accept, appreciate, and accommodate their needs
Subscriptions Is Perfectly Fine; But Community Can Give You More
A Media Operator
Subscriptions or memberships. What should you be building?
You’d think as media professionals, we’d be happy just knowing that there are companies out there generating direct revenue from readers. But I’ve noticed this narrative that we need to think about more than just the subscription. We need to think about memberships.
There's more to communities than Facebook goat groups
By Leo Lin
Looking into the common theme of community vs individuality for events, newsletters, and investing
And more community building news…
- ❤️ [It’s me!] EP14: How Rosie Sherry Built the Ministry of Testing into the World’s Largest Community of Software Testers — Masters of Community 🎧
- How Simple Moderation Rules Can Create Worse Communities — Carter Gibson
- Custom Mechanical Keyboards explained by their makers — 🤷🏽♀️
- Exit To Community — Noema Magazine
- Sharing How I Built A 5-Figure Paid Niche Slack Community & Tips — Mike Williams
- Amin Ameen on building a super engaged online community — Techcabal
- 031 - Digital Self-Help Support and Community for Financial - It's Personal! — Peers Over Beers
- Building an Audience vs. Building a Community — Noele Flowers
- EP67: Starting a Community Outside the US w/ KrAsia — C2C Podcast 🎧
- Leesa Renee Hall Is Examining Unconscious Bias, One Question at a Time — Jasmine Williams
- Jesse Middleton and Lolita Taub are launching The Community Fund to invest in early-stage community-driven companies — The Community VC
- #3 - the four fundamental psychological needs - all served by your community — Niklas Lohmann
- Measuring & Managing Community Orgs, Developer Relations and Beyond — a16z Podcast 🎧
- Exploring the Power of Brand Communities for your Business — CMX Zurich 📺
- Managing Indie Stack community with a full time job with Yaro - Community Finder
- Commsor launches Community.Club
- Subscriptions Is Perfectly Fine; But Community Can Give You More — Jacob Cohen Donnelly
- The Math of Community with Jacob Peters — Create Community 🎧
- Walking in the user's shoes🚶🏽♀️Cindy Au of Kickstarter, Zagat, and Brainly — Get Together 🎧
And on Twitter…
#CommunityReadingClub 5
— Imran Hussain (@ImHuYorks) September 7, 2020
I'll read "The fractal structure of communities of practice: Implications for business organization" by @ewebber & Prof Robin Dunbar. I'll host a discussion about it next Monday at 4pm.
Want to join me?https://t.co/Xp12quxnuMhttps://t.co/Q0izHeI7gZ
The best brands that survive after 3 years or $10M in annual revenues usually have a MOAT within:
— Nik Sharma (@mrsharma) September 6, 2020
• Product
• Community
• Distribution
• Supply Chain / Manufacturing
If you don't have something that sets you apart, you'll always be competing on price, a neverending battle.
As promised, here you are, @charlierward! Here's the link and install instructions: https://t.co/XQAtNIYgbG
— Jacob Lee (@Hacubu) September 4, 2020
Community professionals must carry humility and suppress ego. Focus on intentionality - why are you gathering?#swarm20 #cmgr
— venessapaech (rhymes with cake, she/her) (@venessapaech) September 4, 2020
📚Underestimated founders + investors: what do you think about community-driven cos?
— Lolita Taub (@lolitataub) August 25, 2020
In this thread I explore:
🤔 What makes for a community-driven co
🥳 The benefits of community-driven cos
✅ Community must-haves
🧰 Tactics to build community
🙌🏽 Community-driven cos
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Here's the day in the life of Aella, OnlyFans content creator (nudes pics/videos) who makes $100,000 a month off.
— Sam Parr ⚪️ (@theSamParr) September 3, 2020
She has 3,200 subscribers and is the top op 0.04% of creators in terms of monthly revenue generated.
Crazy fascinating: pic.twitter.com/D9XAr4hyrG
🥳AWESOME NEWS! Today @srcasm + I soft-launched The Community Fund, a $5M fund focused on early-stage community driven-companies. Yeah, I'm a GP now! Thx all. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
— Lolita Taub (@lolitataub) September 1, 2020
And, we’re looking for founding members for our investment team! Learn more + apply. https://t.co/nvGeaAoT7D
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"Onlyfans, and to a lesser extent Twitch, monetize loneliness via parasocial relationships"https://t.co/cyWL7bCuUw
— Ari Lewis 🚀 (@amlewis4) September 2, 2020