Can You Build A Community?

[NicoSchweinzer]

"plant your community"

[standubin]

You can't build a community? Of course you can. You do it with care and passion and compassion and attention to detail and listening to what others need and want. It's okay for someone to be CAUSE and to cause things. It's okay for someone to start out wanting to build something, anything and then take the steps to make that happen.

A blog is not a community? They're a community when readers willfully interact with the blogger and with each other. Some blogs accomplish this very effectively.

[ZombieArt23]

What's with this "Anti-Ego" talk?

This guy is a Zombie.

[jadito1]

yeah loic you are really terribly fat

[underdogmilitia]

Interesting perspective.

I would say I am interested in building a movement, if that involves building a community, then so be it.

[loiclemeur]

thanks all for your compliments

[Gimmeabreakman]

Very interesting.

[GlobalKyro]

No, you can't build a community. You can build a place for people to come together. You can offer some activities for people to participate in.

Can you build a tree? No, you plant a seed and you add water. It builds itself.

[robrobbins]

The community must fulfill a need or people will not remain active in it. For example, to create a community of developers you have to meet their need for recognition. To create a creative community you must demonstrate effective means of self-promotion.

[periurban]

It's easy to build a niche community, but to build the kinds of vibrant and lasting communities that the web needs now we need to be able to build structures quickly, assess them and throw them away if they don't work. We need to be able to do this efficiently and in response to the demands of the emerging community.

It's like building a playground. The best ones are full, the stupidest ones are empty.

[planetstu999]

My favorite quote, "Community is the antithesis of ego. It is inside you, but it is not about you" So true.

[hellorodney]

excellent video,,,,5*,,,,response coming,,,,thanks,,,,i needed that