Community
Mo Shafieeha and
Community
Don’t work in community. Seriously. I never meant to become a community manager. Most of us didn’t. We fell into it sideways, like walking through the wrong door at a party and suddenly finding ourselves responsible for babysitting someone’s forgotten & drunk cousin.The job is a messy tapestry of contradictions. You'll build fences designed to be... See more
Paul Venuto • feed updates
We need more than first responders to navigate crises and create change. Source: https://buildingmovement.org/blog/mapping-our-social-change-roles-in-times-of-crisis/
The next wave of big consumer companies will be community-based products:
- Niche, not everything to everyone
- Unique aesthetic
- Built-in community
- More memorable than big platforms
- Rewarding loyalty
- Unbundling large platforms
-... See more
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teenage engineering
teenage.engineering
We don't necessarily need to constantly interact with people “around” us on the web. The sensation of being in the quiet companionship of someone else, like reading next to them in a cafe, is what we're missing. The sense of ambiently sharing space – of being co-present – while engaged in other activities is a staple of shared public spaces that
... See morearon • Ambient Co-Presence
The reality is that there are many outcomes that we can support, marketing is just one of them. Content is another. As is research, events, product development. Community literally has the potential to support the entire organisation.
Rosieland • On Developing the Community Profession
via Daisy Alioto
"When you throw trash on the ground, you apparently don't see yourself as truly belonging in the world that you're walking around in. And when you fraudulently claim money from the government, you are ultimately stealing from your friends, family, and neighbors - or somebody else's friends, family, and neighbors" - Tribe, Sebastian Junger (p.112)