Can You Scale Cozy Communities? — The CMJ Group by Carrie Melissa Jones
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Can You Scale Cozy Communities? — The CMJ Group by Carrie Melissa Jones
To scale a community, build lots of special, one-of-a-kind places for a few people at a time, and then work with the most active members to build fast interconnects between them.
Linus Lee • A cellular theory of communities | thesephist.com
“How many things which are good when small get better by becoming bigger? That local restaurant you love can’t scale to millions of users. Do you really want your favourite indie band to aspire to stadium-level fame? People get cheaper books, and an independent bookseller closes its doors to make way for a giant warehouse full of underpaid people
... See moreThe perils of designing for scale
“We are in the midst of a major social transformation — moving many of our day-to-day activities from physical places to information-based places that we experience on our phones and computers. The central question here is: How can we design these information environments so they serve our social needs in the long... See more
“We are in the midst of a major social transformation — moving many of our day-to-day activities from physical places to information-based places that we experience on our phones and computers. The central question here is: How can we design these information environments so they serve our social needs in the long... See more
Caio Braga • The aesthetics of our new fictions
Applying the notion of urban scale to technology reminds me of the current online trend of people looking for smaller communities, private groups, chat platforms and taking a step back from the well-known social networks.That’s what a neighbourhood is, right? You have a relationship with people within your neighbourhood, which is different from... See more
Patrick Tanguay • Conscientious Urban Technology
high-velocity member growth in early stage communities can hinder people’s ability to make meaningful contributions and build connection.