Preserving Community History π€
Ancient Memories: Revisiting Dubstep Forum
What Dubstep Forum has left behind is unique. "After realizing that I cannot save Dubstep Forum," Dubway told me, "I decided to freeze it and preserve it as an archive document for future generations. There are a lot of high quality discussions for music culture historians and enthusiasts who want to know about their heroes and the origin of the sound. That is why I still pay for the servers."
To Mend a Broken Internet, Create Online Parks
Eli Pariser, Wired Magazine
Much of our communal life now unfolds in digital spaces that feel public but are not.
The New New Rules of Business: Fast Companyβs Advice for the Next 25 Years
Invest in community:
Companies have no choice but to rethink the way they engage and invest in the communities they operate in. Not only has philanthropy become βhyperlocal,β says Kara Medoff Barnett, executive director of American Ballet Theatre, but it is increasingly embedded in business.Justin Moore, executive director of the New York City Public Design Commission, calls on companies, nonprofits, governments, and grassroots organizations to βallow for new and complete ways of caring for our communities and our public spaces.β
More community newsβ¦
- Mathematical community and the needs of the soul β Jeremy Kun
- Measuring the Business Impact of Community | Richard Millington β The Connectors π§
- Cultivating a Watch Community β NY Times
- Building Inclusive Communities with Najva Sol and Danielle Letayf β Community Club πΊ
- A Halloween Tale - From a community activation to a cross-department campaign. β Elodie Dincuff
- Episode 4 Uncommunity with Christina Pashialis from ContentUK β Uncommunity π§
- David Spinks: Building Community with Business (and Belonging) in Mind β YEN.FM
- Jesse Middleton & Lolita Taub: Investing in Community β YEN.FM
- The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties towards Mankind β Simone Weil π (An old new book also added to our Notion resource)
- "The National Geographic of the digital age" β Get Together
- Defining Community for Businesses β Mac Reddin
- How Brands Can Show Up Authentically on Reddit β Digital Campfire πΊ
- Engagement That Scales β Episode #17 β Perry Hewitt on the Tension Between People and Technology β The Community Roundtable πΊ
- How Discord (somewhat accidentally) invented the future of the internet β David Pierce, Protocol
- EP72: Scaling Content using the Power of Comunity w/ Atlassian β C2C Podcast
- How InVision is advancing their design leadership community on Slack β Frank Lagendijk, Build With Users
- Engagement That Scales β Episode #18: Ashleigh Brookshaw on the Power of Difficult Conversations β The Community Roundtable
- Your users are getting younger, while your evangelists are getting older β Olle Pridiuksson
π Tools
I realise I add events to the Notion Tools section, but donβt talk about it here. This is me committing to highlight some regularly.
- βοΈ Trying out Google Keen for Rosieland π€·π½ββοΈ β the default content is pretty lame, but I will see if I can add anything there and report back.
- Add Event β AddEvent is the number #1 "Add to calendar" service on the Internet.
- Lowdown β An email digest for your Slack members
- Topia β Your digital space to connect face-to-face in a more natural and fun way.
π¦ Tweets
Individuals rarely admit mistakes. Groups never do.
— Naval (@naval) November 8, 2020
If you're looking to get into community management, a bunch of talented community peeps and I combined our powers to give our thoughts here! π₯ https://t.co/aIaZo2j8nt
— Victoria Tran π§ (@TheVTran) November 9, 2020
Oh, there were reasons. pic.twitter.com/auJ29GCnR7
— Patrick O'Keefe (@patrickokeefe) November 7, 2020
Dear Twitter: I'm planning a writeup at the end of the month which covers my paid community launch.
— Monica Lent (@monicalent) November 7, 2020
So far we are at $5K for the first week π (important: MRR is still under $500)
What would be cool to see in a launch breakdown? Which stats, analytics, or other details? TIA! https://t.co/Cyyya9Zgcm
Four years ago we woke up to a chilling new reality. We didn't know where to turn or what to do. Our institutions had failed to stop the worst from happening.
— Lancaster Stands Up (@lancstandsup) November 6, 2020
So we turned to each other.
Here in Lancaster County, 300 of us came out to an emergency community meeting. pic.twitter.com/0wQO6tV5lP
The Pandemic Case for the 2-Day Workweek https://t.co/xSXAEoCPSY
— Vanessa Mason (@vanessamason) November 4, 2020
[New Post] Building a Community? Start with a Newsletter
— Ari Lewis π (@amlewis4) November 3, 2020
"The best businesses figure out how to create direct relationships with their consumers. Newsletters are a mechanism for doing that."https://t.co/Ef3dYwTH6X
Being a community manager is a tough gig some days. You are the front for the community/brand and you get all the anger, stress and rage from strangers during times like these.
— Matt Mecham (@mattmecham) November 3, 2020
Keep your head up today and remember there's still hope, joy and love in the world.