Business communities will never be real communities
By Daisty Onubogu / Sifted
‘Communities’ are the go-to business perk and hottest commodity of our day — but they'll never really match the real deal.
- What is ‘community’ when everyone is isolated? — Carter Gibson
- How to build an online community of practice (8 Tips) — Chris Lysy
- The Audience to Community Funnel — Jenn Pedde
- 7 Qualities of Highly Connected People — School of Thought
- How Strapi is shaping community and building their product open source — Build With Users
- Forgetting people — Katerina Bohle Carbonell
- It's time to unbundle Instagram — Holyn
- Lessons Learned: Building Belonging at Work — Future of Belonging
🗞 News
- Twitch will ban users for serious offline misconduct — Engadget
- Pinterest announces $500K Creator Fund, ‘Creator Code’ content policy, moderation tools and more — TechCrunch
- Discord Transparency Report: July — Dec 2020
- Community Led Summit
🎧 Podcasts & Videos
- How to build physical remote work communities — Building Remotely
- Community Built: Real down to earth and practical conversations with community builders — Rosie Sherry
- EP88: How to Hire a Community Manager w/ Matt Lawson — The Community Corner
- Mastering (Virtual) Presence — The Conversation Factory
- The business value of a community manager — The Communities Show
🐦 Tweets
Have been thinking about communities and Dunbar's number lately.
— Ian Vanagas (@IanVanagas) April 12, 2021
Found this gem of a post by @ChristopherAhttps://t.co/UNV18VHmJF
I'm just going to come out and say this:
— David K. 🎹 (@DavidKPiano) April 9, 2021
Speaking at in-person events for free (travel/etc. provided) = exhausting but fulfilling
Speaking at online events for free = completely exhausting
Your weekly reminder that a community manager is not an entry level job.
— Valentina Ruffoni (@iamvalentinaruf) April 8, 2021
For all y'all @MiroHQ users out there, the Get Together community building framework by @people_and_co is now in the #Miroverse. https://t.co/AxoYun9NFv
— Kevin Huynh (@kevinhuynh) April 8, 2021
Then: Communities based on common interests are a wonderful thing!
— Derek Powazek (@fraying) April 7, 2021
Now: https://t.co/wMap5JU8GR