Community Design
by sari and · updated 2d ago
Community Design
- It’s rare for a member to convert from a lower tier to a higher tier. In most cases, it’s not worth it to have a way for people to pay you $2, $10, $50, in hopes that they’ll upgrade. If they’re happy with the $2 they’ll stay there. If they’re unhappy, they’re more likely to churn than upgrade.
from 3 Types of Membership Models for Creators — The Business of Community
Brandy Cerne added 9mo ago
- Fission-fusion societies are defined by a variety of these fission-fusion dynamics, also known as merge and split dynamics. It’s fascinating to think about how these dynamics translate to digital native or hybrid online communities — and how digital tools, products, and platforms can allow fission and fusion to occur.
Where do we see fission & f... See morefrom Fission & Fusion in Communities by Anu Atluru
("JP") and added 8mo ago
- A community is a group of people that come together to nurture their own and one another’s growth.
from 3 Types of Membership Models for Creators — The Business of Community
Brandy Cerne added 9mo ago
we're talking about this in relation to open source, and the idea of casual contributors versus longer term contributors and maintainers, and how to create an environment where the casual contributor is welcome, or anyone who wants to participate or wants to do more, can do more. But doesn't necessarily just sort of jump and then say, I'm gonna be
... See morefrom 02: Community Membership by hopeinsource.com
Keely Adler added 4mo ago
- The goal shouldn’t be to recreate offline governance, online, after a period of trial-and-error. Internet-native organizations can’t and shouldn’t operate like geographic governments because they don ’t face the same constraints. Once online governance models evolve past a certain point, they should be both different from and superior to offline one... See more
from Go Fork Yourself - Not Boring by Packy McCormick by Lightspeed Democracy
Sam Liebeskind added 9mo ago
- Build for good actors, rather than hedge against the bad actors. I love Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales‘ steak knives analogy. Imagine you’re designing a restaurant that serves steak. Subsequently, you’re going to be giving everyone steak knives. There’s always the possibility that people with knives will stab each other, but you won’t lock everyone in cag... See more
from 99 Pieces of Unsolicited, (Possibly) Ungooglable Startup Advice by David
Brandy Cerne added 9mo ago
- To me, a membership is something you pay for to get access to a benefit you’re after. That benefit can be a community of your peers, but it doesn’t have to be. For example, you might have a Costco membership, which gives you access to the store, but there’s no Costco community.
from 3 Types of Membership Models for Creators — The Business of Community
Brandy Cerne added 9mo ago
Larger, it’s a signal of what’s desired all throughout culture today: like-minded communities, decreased hostility, and just some simple good vibes.
from The Rise of Low Sodium & Gentle Gaming by Substack
Keely Adler added 4mo ago
- I think that cycle sometimes happens, but I think it’s more common for a community not to be ruined by sociopaths, but rather too many mops, whose mere presence taints the community and the brand for everyone else.
from How Communities Die by Erik Torenberg
Joey DeBruin added 1y ago