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How to fix the dating crisis? Fix the friendship crisis first
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communities function best and are most durable when they’re helping members to be more successful in some way in a connected and dynamic world.
Charles Vogl • The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging
Community origin stories communicate who the community serves, why it serves, and often how it serves.
Charles Vogl • The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging
that the most powerful thing an online community can do is create offline friendships.
Charles Vogl • The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging
The principles we will explore in detail are: 1. Boundary: The line between members and outsiders. 2. Initiation: The activities that mark a new member. 3. Rituals: The things we do that have meaning. 4. Temple: A place set aside to find our community. 5. Stories: What we share that allows others and ourselves to know our values. 6. Symbols: The th
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Who doesn’t want to share time with people who help us become who we aspire to be?
Charles Vogl • The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging
Visitor: May have concern for no one else, seeks novelty or fun experiences. Novice: Concern for individual self, seeks personal achievement and legitimacy. Member: Concern for one’s peer group, seeks success and respect for the group. Elder: Concern for everyone in the tribe everywhere, seeks the whole tribe’s success and respect. Principal elder:
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Brands want to be worshipped, not questioned. They want to say "we" without ever answering for it. But real communities don't exist to serve your KPIs. They're made of people with needs, norms, and networks of their own. And when you reduce that to a growth lever, you don't just cheapen the word—you break the trust required to make it meaningful.
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