Community-led futures is a radical act
James Goodman
Communities will come under even greater pressure. Many will be marginalised and forgotten, with terrible repercussions for livelihoods, health and wellbeing. But creating thriving, resilient, powerful communities could be the starting point for a reconfiguration of the way things work. An economy driven by locally-owned and locally-run enterprises rather than wealth-concentrating international banks and big business, and a politics rooted in community participation and radically decentralised decision making, rather than over-centralised policymaking. Such a system, rich with the local social infrastructure that underpins relationships, connections and trust, would have a better chance of creating the conditions for people to lead fulfilling lives, and regenerating the natural world.
‘The community respects us’: how solar projects are empowering women in Yemen
Veronique Mistiaen / Positive News
“At first, they made fun of us, that we want to do men’s work. But now, the community is respecting us as we are business owners,” said Iman Ghaleb, one of the microgrid owners. “This project has built the trust and broken the red line in dealing with men. We are now contributing to the family monthly budget to cover food and other life requirements.”
The messy politics of Nextdoor
From Vox
“It’s descending into a cesspool of bad conversation,” Wang told Recode. “A lot of folks are very emotionally charged. They’re feeling very vulnerable and anxious at the moment, and it’s only amplifying that anxiety.”
How to Deal With Difficult People Without Losing Your Mind
Don Johnson
“There are no difficult conflicts. There are only conflicts we don’t know how to resolve.”
Resolving conflict begins with accepting your point of view as just one version of the truth. There’s always another story. Resolution will be found through dialogue, not arguing about whose story is right, better, or more complete. Both stories are right.
Evolution of Trust
Come play a game of trust…
And more…
- Looks like Feverbee community is going to be archived and relaunched as something more private. 👀
- Discourse for Teams is here, does this mean that people are seeing businesses with a bit of a community lense? Also, this is how it compares to Discourse.
- The Three Strategic Areas Every Successful CM Needs to Define — Carter Gibson
- The Ultimate Community Survey Template — Danielle
- Found via ☝🏾 Sense of virtual community: A follow up on its measurement — Science Direct
- How Product School Grew from 1 to 1 million with Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia — Masters of Community 🎧
- I violated a code of conduct — Jeremy Howard
- Write for the Lurkers — Ryan Law
- A Note from People & Company — Bailey Richardson
- The Subreddit /r/Collapse Has Become the Doomscrolling Capital of the Internet. Can Its Users Break Free? — Time
- Communities and Connections will power our growth in 2021 — Stack Overflow
- Patreon will remove creator accounts that promote QAnon content — The Verge
- Steph Smith on Building Community Through Content — YEN.FM
- How to Build a Highly-Engaged Community with Slack — YEN.FM
- The Importance of Connecting Older Persons to Community — Tamarack Institute
- 18: I’ll take one Culture, please — In Before The Lock 🎧
🐦 Tweets
Community around a...candy shop?
— Leo Nagano (@leonagano) November 2, 2020
"They wanted to continue offering Hawaii’s iconic snack of “shave ice” but also wanted to give something more, providing guests a space to connect with one another, and eventually to give back to the community." - Clay Water Brick book
There's likely a 'Goldilocks zone' for the perfect speed to scale a community.
— Charlie Ward (weekendclub.co) ✌️ (@charlierward) November 1, 2020
Too slow and it withers on the vine.
Too fast and it's chaotic.
Thinking today about the concept of digital public spaces, services, and navigation.
— rafa0 (@rafathebuilder) November 1, 2020
What is a digital public space?
What should be digital public services?
How do we empower people to navigate them?
How should they be governed, if at all? What about funding?
Love these, not least because they include "INVEST IN COMMUNITY".https://t.co/RK7RNsv6qd
— Evan Hamilton (@evanhamilton) October 31, 2020
Your community should be the third place. ♥
— Mohammed Rafy (@rafyasarmatta) October 30, 2020
Third places, are the many public places where people can gather, put aside the concerns of home and work (first and second places) and hang out simply for the pleasure of good company and lively conversation.
Simple yet powerful.
Almost every online “event” feels modeled after a meeting. No wonder it’s so exhausting. Everything is based on the wrong thing.
— 📙 Alex Hillman (@alexhillman) October 29, 2020
IMO more online events could be modeled after Rocky Horror Picture Show. Multiple levels of interaction and meta-talk on top of a shared experience.
The internet was first won over by niche communities of nerds.
— Erin Mikail Staples (@erinmikail) October 28, 2020
(in many ways it still is!)
Academics, scientists, and researchers put their hold on the web first.
These groups thrived because of how they shared info, collaborated + sought understanding.
Food for thought.
1/ Clubhouse re-popularized audio-first as a social medium.
— Jack Cohen (@itsjackcohen) October 27, 2020
Now, we're seeing a proliferation of apps in the space taking either a verticalized or broad-based approach.
Will one win out over the other? Or is there plenty of space for both to coexist?
A mini 🧵
Digital community-building is the new podcasting.
— Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) October 27, 2020
Everyone wants to do it, but not everyone understands the risks associated with it & the work needed to make it successful.
Who is a community builder you admire?
"The difference here is between ‘being in power’ and ‘being empowering’.
— Bailey Richardson (@baileyelaine) October 27, 2020
People in power hardly ever make us feel empowered. It’s often our co-workers, our friends or like-minded individuals who motivate us and get us engaged in an issue."https://t.co/bkopEPHen7
Enjoyed this episode of @ljin18 with @_brandswell on Caffeine Conversations about building better community tools and all things communities.
— Mohammed Rafy (@rafyasarmatta) October 26, 2020
See thread below 👇
Full notes here - https://t.co/ulICNZpgmL
