Community Design
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Community Design
People join communities for benefits, not belonging.
They want to learn something new, to achieve a goal, to grow status, to be entertained, to have fun, etc.
They only find and value belonging after they've been a member and formed relationships.
David Spinkstwitter.com
Focused on new structures of kinship and uniting people around shared values of empathy and care, community platforms are increasingly integrating wellbeing, sustainability and social justice into their core. 🧵
And if communities are spaces for belonging, cohorts are spaces for becoming.
Brian Dell • LF11 - Cohort Futures
When analyzing the language sentiment from gaming subreddits vs. their no salt counterparts, it’s statistically clear: discussions within “Low Sodium” communities are in fact both more optimistic, less angry, and ultimately more enticing.