
π©π½βπ» Iβve been tinkering away, as always, on our Notion Knowledgebase.
Supernaturalβs bonkers series finale marked the end of an era of fandom
From Vox
Co-creation sings to my heart π₯°
The showβs fandom was perhaps one of the first to help usher in the modern era of geek culture: an environment in which creative teams coexist with its seriesβ fans, evolving the show in harmony with them rather than in spite of or in direct opposition to them. This is a lesson plenty of newer franchises have failed to learn, to their ultimate detriment, but that many others have also taken in stride.
As internet forums die off, finding community can be harder than ever
From Engadget
βΉ There was a long discussion on this article on Hackernews.
Personally, I'm betting on the bright future for forums, though more with the angle of being a community digital garden. π±
Before social networks took over the internet, message boards were perhaps the most essential way for people to come together online and talk about whatever was on their minds. Our discussion spaces have evolved dramatically, though -- message boards aren't as important as they used to be, thanks to the decade-long onslaught of Twitter, Facebook, Reddit and more. Many formerly prominent destinations are closing up shop, including the message board I called my online home for well over a decade.
Jason Reynolds: 'Snoop Dogg once told white folks: 'I know you hate me. But your kids don't.' That's how I feel'
The Guardianπ Just me who wants to go and buy all his books? (If you do, try going through Bookshop instead of Amazon ππΌ)
But the children are never the problem. Itβs the parents. The kids are always fun, and theyβre reading the same books as kids in Brooklyn and LA. It doesnβt matter if their daddy is a racist, because their babies are reading Ghost!β he laughs. βItβs like back in the 1990s when Snoop Dogg, this weed-smoking dude from Long Beach, became a superstar. He told white folks: βI know you hate me. But your kids donβt.β Thatβs how I feel.β
Chief Notion Officer
From Julian Lehr
It makes total sense, to me at least! Companies are communities too...and ala 'community digital gardens' knowledge can be a huge part of bringing and keeping people together.
A friend at Stripe recently suggested β half-jokingly β that we should hire a librarian to organize all our internal data and documentation. The more I think about it, the more I like the idea. Perhaps every company should hire a Chief Notion Officer once it hits 100 employees?!
Moreβ¦
- Will the Coronavirus Wedding Model Outlive the Coronavirus? β Table Mag
- Which Self Do You Bring To The Community? β Julian Stodd
- For fans of BTS, the only thing better than the group is each other β The Washington Post
- Courtland Allen: The Strategic and Tactical Elements of Community β John Saddington
- Onboarding new community members: some thoughts β Andy McIlwain
- "Managing Up" to Achieve Developer Community Success β Tessa Kriesel
- Building niche and vibrant Voiceflow communities all over the world β Build With Users
- Developer Personas β Driven by Motivation β Tessa Kriesel
- How the Future of Community Can Be Found in the History of Open Source with Nadia Eghbal β Masters of Community
- Instigating grassroots culture change π§© Steve Garguilo, Cultivate β Get Together π§
- Continued Learning on Hosting Virtual Events β Jacob Cohen Donnelly
- The Community Fund: How We Source, Select, and Support Startups β The Community Fund π°
- 21: Everyone wants the big title β IB4TL π§
- Episode 04: Creative organizing under Crisis β Dubai Design Week πΊ
- EP73: 3 Step Model for Building Community Trust w/ Twitter β C2C Podcast π§
- Social media predictions for 2021 β Greg Isenberg
- See and understand your data β Geraldine Zanolli
- Fireside chat on product-led communities with Erin Staples β The Community Club
- π» β Building a Community, Step by Step: The Operating System β John Saddington
- What makes a community great? β Richard Millington
- Fireside chat on paid communities with Preet Singh β The Community Club
Trends
Stories
LinkedIn launched stories what feels like a century ago now. And now Twitter has Fleets. What use to be every platform focusing deeply on one thing is now seeing platforms spreading their wings and providing more options to engage with their people and community.
I think I'm enjoying this trend!
Memberships
Everyone is going after memberships. Squarespace and Gumtree are the most recent to join in on the offering.
This is great, but as community builders we need to be aware selling a recurring membership is 100x harder than selling a one off item. Build this into your thinking of what you decide to build.And on this note I'm in the process of updating the Notion Tools database to list all the membership tools I know of, check out the Paid Membership topic page for updates.
π¦ Tweets
Communities have to potential to help us rediscover the power and benefits of long-term loyalty.
— rafa0 (@rafathebuilder) November 23, 2020
Loyalty is vulnerability, and an underrated component of compounding social and skill capital.
Took a swing on another virtual team event that went VERY well: team trivia.
— Evan Hamilton (@evanhamilton) November 23, 2020
Marketing and sales have destroyed communities.
— Rosie Sherry (@rosiesherry) November 23, 2020
Discuss π
βSo much of the world was designed without considering our communities.
— Naj (@najjmahal) November 22, 2020
What does the world look like when itβs built by a team of Black and brown folks who are invested in each otherβs well-being & joy?βπ₯ https://t.co/0azrywmx4h
Is the future of our communities βboth/andβ?
— Bailey Richardson (@baileyelaine) November 21, 2020
We'll go back to in-person gatherings, but never give up how we've evolved our spaces for virtual.
We share some thinking on that & our most recent podcast interviews in this week's roundup: https://t.co/NUIVtZYDxf
Joined a Slack group with 28,000 people.
— Davis Baer (@mynameis_davis) November 20, 2020
What an absolute mess.
Slack was not made for large groups.
Airbnb said "community" 166 times in their IPO prospectus.
— SPINKS | spinks.eth (@DavidSpinks) November 17, 2020
Some are responding, "But I've been a host/guest and it didn't feel like a cmty".
That's because you were in the outer rings. Coincidentally I used Airbnb to explain this concept a while back.https://t.co/ODq4LSI6o8
Awesome community announcement: Iβve moved from Marketing to report directly to our CEO. As CEO announced today: βThe benefits communities bring extends across every function...This reporting relationship communicates to the world that community is one of our highest priorities.β
— Holly Firestone (@hollyfirestone) November 17, 2020