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Fostering Online Communities
Lessons from Open Source and Grassroots Development
Tara Hunt & Chris MessinaCitizen Agency
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the agenda
who are we?
1. what is community?
2. fostering a sense of community
3. the process
questions?
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who are we?
Chris Messinafactoryjoe.com
Tara Hunthorsepigcow.com
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What is community?
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community
Community can include the dimensions of geographic location, psychological ties and/or people working together
toward a common goal.
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virtual community
A virtual space supported by computer-based information technology, centered upon
communication and interaction of participants to generate member-driven content, resulting
in relationships being built up.— Lee & Vogel, 2003
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characteristics of a virtual community
• personal homepage/profile (ie. url.com/people/missrogue)
• personal content creation
• ability to interact with others’ content
• ability to ‘friend’ and share content
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succession
communitymember customervisitor
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benefits of community
• heightened customer loyalty
• self-policing
• amplified word of mouth
• better feedback
• stronger & more personal filters on content
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Fostering a Sense of Community
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motivation"What keeps them logging in as a regular part of their routine? Because there is a benefit to the person that makes a real difference in their lives....if it helps you
find your next job, or connects you with a new friend, or fulfills that need to have
good conversation with a bunch of bright people, then it becomes a real bargain."
— John Coate, “Cyberspace Innkeeping: Building Online Community, 1993”
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sense of community
1. Feelings of membership
2. Feelings of influence
3. Integration and fulfillment of needs
4. Shared emotional connection
— McMillan and Chavis, 1986
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feelings of membership
• arise from the creation of community boundaries
• perception of emotional safety
• sense of belonging to and identification with
• use of common symbols, language, etc.
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feelings of membership
• includes: personal profile pages, 'friending', defining groups within the larger group (groups), invitations to groups
• allow for lots of personal & group expression
• greet new members and introduce them to others with similar interests
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feelings of influence• being able to influence group (voice
heard)
• being able to be influenced by group (learning)
• feedback responsiveness
• rule enforcement and creation by members
• maintenance of norms within the group
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feelings of influence
• includes: forums, chat, comments, blogging, personalized mail, groups
• create many ways in which members can connect and platforms for expression
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Flickr Groups
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Facebook Groups
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integration and fulfillment of needs
• feeling of being supported by others
• rewards of being a member, such as status, expertise
• shared values
• feeling of competence within group
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integration and fulfillment of needs
• includes: status rewards, featuring members, vips, karma points, etc.
• 'in crowd' knowledge - acorns, tricks, traditions & rituals
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Spread Firefox
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Last.fm
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plazes
karma
hot list
3%!
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shared emotional connection
• relationships, shared history & experience
• high quality, frequent interaction
• discrete/shared events/history and crisis
• personal investment of time and resources
• the effect of honor and humiliation
• spiritual bonds
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shared emotional connection
• can't be created, but shared experiences with members can help (continual, deep interaction with community)
• offline meetups, celebrations and developer days help
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Ma.gnolia Thanks
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The Process
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the process
• identifying your passion
• getting into the trenches
• infrastructure for dialogue (offsite)
• infrastructure for dialogue (onsite)
• communications
• content
• partnerships & co-opetition
• INreach
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identifying your passion
• asking yourself: why am I doing this?
• am I solving a need? an issue? do I understand this itch?
• why would people (seriously) give a darn?
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getting into the trenches
• exploring the environment
• documenting current tools, existing behaviors, etc.
• becoming part of the communities
• finding out who is doing things in this area (experts, blogs)
• learning from passionate people
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infrastructure (offsite)
• offsite communications tools are even more important than onsite
• Flickr groups
• Tags
• Google groups
• irc/Campfire, etc.
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infrastructure (onsite)
• Blog/blogroll
• member-to-member mail
• group chats
• forums
• comments
• favorites
• wikis
• feeds
• invitations
• notifications
• avatars
• customization
• contact/help
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communications• have a publicity policy
• transparency
• blog like you mean it
• using a human voice for site language
• get involved in the conversations
• party host
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product• transmogrification
• defensive design
• vision
• knowing when to listen to feedback and when to say, “thanks but no thanks”
• KISS
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partnerships & co-opetition
• affiliations to benefit users
• microchunking
• apis
• mirroring/supporting competitive apis
• open standards
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INreach
• rewarding your members
• vip programs
• promotions
• events
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questions?Tara Hunt
skype: tarahunt747
Chris [email protected]
412.225.1051skype: factoryjoe
www.citizenagency.com