Comments on: On Building Communities http://www.intothefuzz.com/2009/08/07/on-building-communities/ Pardon our dust: design work in progress. Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:38:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Axel Hecht http://www.intothefuzz.com/2009/08/07/on-building-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-17274 Axel Hecht Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:20:38 +0000 http://www.intothefuzz.com/?p=784#comment-17274 What would be community guidelines? I just glanced at the flickr ones, and even though they have some "Do's", it's mostly just rewritten "Don'ts". Not sure if doing that first thing is the right way to start a community. What I'm missing in the outlines is empowering community members to make the community "theirs", and to change it. You hardly ever run into the risk that they're turning evil, and if they'd do, you're screwed anyway ;-). Depending on size, you don't need any process or "community council" for that either, IMHO. What would be community guidelines? I just glanced at the flickr ones, and even though they have some “Do’s”, it’s mostly just rewritten “Don’ts”. Not sure if doing that first thing is the right way to start a community.

What I’m missing in the outlines is empowering community members to make the community “theirs”, and to change it. You hardly ever run into the risk that they’re turning evil, and if they’d do, you’re screwed anyway ;-) . Depending on size, you don’t need any process or “community council” for that either, IMHO.

]]> By: Tara http://www.intothefuzz.com/2009/08/07/on-building-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-17270 Tara Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:00:24 +0000 http://www.intothefuzz.com/?p=784#comment-17270 Great post. It was definitely an interesting and inspiring panel. Great post. It was definitely an interesting and inspiring panel.

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