Iβm in the Arena and Iβm Not Leaving π¦
by Liz Elam
Tough times in the coworking and COVID world. π
Iβm a warrior. Iβm not going to make foolish decisions, but Iβm not going to give up. Like everyone, Iβve battled in my life, personally, professionally and health wise. I didnβt come this far to stop now. When we come back, the coworking world will need us more than ever.
It takes time β°
By Pat Walls
A personal story that equally applies to community building.
Iβm in Tampa, a new city, and I still want to play tennis regularly. Iβm frustrated that I have no one to play with, and finding even one person to play with feels dauntingβ¦
But I must remember that it takes time!
I should just focus on finding just one partner, rather than expecting to have what I had in New York.
Start small. One partner at a time. From there, I will build.
Community leaders deserve better: An open letter about community software π
By Li Jin and David Sherry
Our belief is that every niche will form a community around topics of shared passions and learning; during COVID, there is a greater need than ever before for online spaces that facilitate those communities. Yet while the appetite for online communities grows, the accompanying management toolkit still largely misses the mark. At the end of the day, a community platform should have a feature set that accomplishes two key goals: (1) to make the community leader's life easier, and (2) to improve member experience.
I found out the hard way that caring for dying relatives is almost impossible in our society β€
Emily Kenway, The Guardian
A hard reminder that when building communities we need to think about everyone. But how? π¬
Our social security system treats care as an afterthought, offering an insultingly low carerβs allowance of Β£67.25 each week. In carer support calls and forums, the topics of conversation are as repetitious as our days: financial distress, depression born of isolation, the stress of juggling care with employment, lack of local services. Superficial sticking plasters like the paltry carerβs allowance or the week of unpaid carerβs leave the government is currently considering donβt solve these deep structural problems.
Things community people deal with π
Weβve recently run into a problem with somebody creating a lot of new accounts with racist/heterosexist names, and although they canβt post they can go around and like a bunch of posts to get their names to show up in everyoneβs inboxes.
Weavers π§Ά
Weaving is a way of life and a state of mind, not a set of actions. Itβs about the spirit of caring you bring to each interaction with someone else. Itβs a willingness to be open and loving, whether you get anything in return. As humans, we long for honest, deep connection. Weavers make the effort to build those connections and make others feel valued.
More community articlesβ¦
- How Spotify Built a Super-Fan Campfire You Probably Haven't Heard Of β Digital Campfire πΊ
- Community and Workaholism β YEN.FM
- Sensemaking 101: tips for improving your sensemaking in a time of confusion β Phoebe Tickell
- Connection, Community and Storytelling #12 β Anna McAfee
- Issue #31: Future of Belonging Community
- How lemlistβs community is playing a big part in their rapid growth β Issue 3 βBuild With Users
- Attraction rather than promotion! Uncommunity #7
- Online Community β An overview of online communities β Richard Awoyemi
- The power of community and the trap of opt-out β Seth Godin
- How Creating a Community for Helping & Healing Health Issues Grew to 3M+ Members with Mike Porath β Masters of Community π§
- Building a Local Sewing Community β Seamwork
- Community Management and Mental Health β Jake McGee & Greg Hyland
- The 5 Elements System of Community Success β Standing on Giants
- OC21: Seeing Possibilities and Creating Your Own Pathway with Andee Chua β Our Community with Anne Morgan π§
- Trump's attack on online communities β Danielle
- How Slack Built Their Community Events From Scratch with Elizabeth Kinsey β Masters of Community π§
- The introverted community master π€Joe Robinson, Designers + Geeks β Get Together π§
- EP71: Finding Events That Work During COVID w/ MongoDB β C2C Podcast π§
- 17: Minimum Viable Community β In Before The Lock π§
π¦ From Twitter
The community around Roam is welcoming and non-toxic. Roamans agree with passion and disagree with graceβthe opposite (or worse) is often the case in other corners of the web. While the name #roamcult is understandably offputting to some, the nature of Roamans is wholesome. 2/
— R.J. Nestor (@rjnestor) October 8, 2020
We have the good thing no one else seems to. Why would we change something thats been central to that.
— Conor White-Sullivan ππΊπΈ (@Conaw) October 15, 2020
The folks who built the great culture don't mind that term, they invented it
This succinctly summarizes challenges in my career rolling out moderation. There are always concerns of monitoring / censorship without users taking time to understand nuances of what's actually implemented.
— Carter Gibson (@CarterGee) October 19, 2020
Even detailed, proactive comms don't always help in these scenarios. pic.twitter.com/ey0IXrVBTB
Thinking of starting a #community? Start with purpose and remember... βA category is not a purpose.β -@priyaparker
— daniellexo (@daniellexo) October 19, 2020
Make your community look this damn fun to join πβ¨ππ» https://t.co/TnUwseQuG2
— daniellexo (@daniellexo) October 17, 2020
Not enough communities put enough consideration into the collective knowledge of the community they serve.
— Rosie Sherry (@rosiesherry) October 15, 2020
Discussions are quickly forgotten about in favour of the newest thing.
We need people curating community digital gardens. π±π±π±
1/ Just a reminder that all businesses are built on community, connection, and relationships. A story...
— Bryan Zavestoski (@zavzen) October 14, 2020
Sent a message to the @buildwithrebase email list to do some user research: 1 response@bentossell sends a single tweet about it: >10 responses, 25 new followers, and...
Most big communities were started by people who meant to start small communities.
— SPINKS | spinks.eth (@DavidSpinks) October 15, 2020
Useful to read for any online community but especially Infosec https://t.co/Xul8Afo1BK
— Thomas Ponnet (@ThomasPonnet) October 14, 2020
Today we reopened the Membership in News Fund to offer financial & venture support for membership efforts in Latin America, Africa, E. Europe & Asia. Registrations of interest are due 11/6. Check your eligibility & what makes for a strong proposal here: https://t.co/5QzIi0niwr
— Membership Puzzle Project (@membershippzzle) October 14, 2020
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— rafa0 (@rafathebuilder) October 14, 2020
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