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The Human Scale
By WrathOfGnon
This makes my rosie heart sing and I can't but help think that we can and should be applying many of these human scale concepts to building our communities.
- The Three S’s of Creating Community Connections — Hugh Lashbrooke
- What Happens on Facebook? — Charlie Warzel
- The Parameters of Peloton Celebrity — Anne Helen Peterson
- Local governments should attract people, not companies — Christopher Wink, Technical.ly
- A community in the heart of Tottenham has shown how to fight the developers – and win — The Guardian
- They needed a virtual world, so they built one — New Public
- How To Turn a Neglected Alley Into a Beloved (and Wealth-Generating) "Minor Street" — Strong Towns
- OnlyFans Change Is Reminder To Own Platform — Jacob Donnelly
🎤 Podcasts & Rackets
- Here’s How Anti-Vaxxers Are Spreading Misinformation Despite Your Best Moderation Efforts — Community Signal
- The Secrets of Well-Governed Communities with Venessa Paech — Masters of Community
- Using Twitter to build community — Rosie Sherry + Mohammed Rafy
- Landing your dream community job — Erin Mikail Staples & Patrick McCrann
- Generalists make great Community Folk! — Erin Mikail Staples & Brian Oslen
- How can we take care of people that are part of our community? — Rosie Sherry & Ioana Chiorean
🗞 News
- Launch House raises millions to launch houses (and the next big startups) — TechCrunch
- New Regulation Could Cause a Split in the Crypto Community — Wired
- Twitter asks users to flag COVID-19 and election misinformation — TechCrunch
🐦 Tweets
Community Operations is about watching human behavior and then building around it so people can talk easier, faster, and more on topic.
— eddie briseño 🌎 (@EddieBrisenyo) August 23, 2021
"Everyone who contributes to your company’s mission is a member of your community, from your employees and investors to your customers, creators, users, and fans.
— Li Jin (@ljin18) August 23, 2021
But not all community members share in your company’s success."@getcabal is changing this!https://t.co/PNwedJREaS
Community growth comes from repeatability.
— Rosie Sherry (@rosiesherry) July 23, 2021
This is why 👇
How do you guys recommend creating genuine connections within a community when you're new or feeling "left out?"
— Chantelle (@ccmarce_writes) August 21, 2021
Whenever someone asks "is _ a community?" the answer for me is nearly always yes.
— Ian Vanagas (@IanVanagas) August 21, 2021
My definition of community is quite broad: a group of people with a shared interest or identity interacting with each other.
What we should be thinking about is how "close" of a community is _?
Community led commerce (aka not using paid ads) is not as easy. It’s just not.
— Amanda Goetz (@AmandaMGoetz) August 20, 2021
There is no magical paid ad pill to take for acquisition.
We wake up every day focused on the end consumers & community needs.
This is a marathon, not a sprint.
Community managers are some of the most compassionate and caring humans.
— Tessa Kriesel 🥑 (@tessak22) August 20, 2021
They also usually have to “manipulate” situations and pull crazy data to ensure they get stakeholder buy-in for their CUSTOMERS.
Kind & crafty—what a fabulous combo. #community
In online education, content is no longer king. Community is. Community increases engagement, retention, and growth. The hard part? Nailing the transition from content to community. Learn how community drives cohort-based courses to a 75% completion rate
— Wes Kao 🏛 (@wes_kao) August 20, 2021
When the marketing email says it's a "community" but it's really a *referral program* 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/sptE8t7Sb7
— Noele Flowers (@NoeleFlowers) August 20, 2021
OH BOY! this new app was developed just to infuriate me, it seems. let’s unpack! https://t.co/Z7gB1b2bIf
— georgie carroll (needs to write her thesis) (@fansumption) August 19, 2021
Metrics to measure your Community:
— Max Rothery (@maximillianroth) August 19, 2021
1. NPS
2. Churn
3. Engagement
4. Growth
5. Impact (revenue/product)
6. Participation
7. Love
Cohort it & compare to non-community members.
One of @abartov's many insightful observations: there's often more harm in letting a Wikipedia editing dispute drag on than in ending it with the wrong outcome.
— Samuel Breslow (@sdkb42) August 15, 2021
I highly recommend the full talk: #Wikimania #Wikimania21https://t.co/4vJ8rvxxp6
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