August 2011
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July 2011
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The new definition of community
Community is such a big social marketing buzzword right now that everyone wants their work in social marketing to fall under the banner of community; they bend the definition to ensure it. The truth is that community only exists when a sense of community exists. They can prattle on about the tools, platforms and engagement metrics all they want but that doesn’t make it a community. Over...
“As of the past week, the ability to videochat is pretty much ubiquitous and...”
– Videochat: The cupholder of social networking (via professionalinternetenthusiast)
June 2011
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May 2011
11 posts
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The 4 Elements of Community — Part 4 — Connection
This is part 4 in my series of posts creating a new definition for community. Don’t miss the introduction, Part 1 — Membership, Part 2 — Influence and Part 3 — Fulfilment. As mentioned in the introduction, a sense of community has four main elements: Membership Influence Fulfilment Shared emotional connection At the end of Part 3 - Fulfilment, I described community as: “…a...
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Eurostyle →
There’s something about the Eurovision song contest that I find irresistible. Maybe it’s the fact that few of the entrants seem particularly talented; or maybe that the nation they represent…
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The 4 Elements of Community - Part 3 - Fulfilment
This is part 3 in my series of posts creating a new definition for community. Don’t miss the introduction, Part 1 — Membership and Part 2 — Influence. As mentioned in the introduction, a sense of community has four main elements: Membership Influence Fulfilment Shared emotional connection So far we’ve seen that community provides a sense of belonging to something and the...
April 2011
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The 4 Elements of Community - Part 2 - Influence
Continuing the series in defining community for 2011, this is part 2. You can catch up by reading the introduction — Community: building a definition for 2011 — and part 1 — Membership. As discussed in the introductory post, a sense of community has 4 main elements: Membership Influence Fulfilment Shared emotional connection As a community member, you can feel a sense of membership...
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The 4 Elements of Community - Part 1 - Membership
In the previous post — Community: building a definition for 2011 — I established a foundation for a re-definition of community. Over the next handful of entries, I’ll be erecting the walls and raising the structure. As discussed in the previous post, a sense of community has 4 main elements: Membership Influence Fulfilment Shared emotional connection When someone feels a sense of...
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Is there anything we can do?
For the past few years in Australia we’ve been saying “But I don’t like any of the candidates or their policies!” Now in Canada, following a no-confidence vote that resulted in the dissolution of its minority government, I’m reading of people saying the same thing: “I don’t like any of the candidates.”
Well, actually, I read a friend in Canada post...
fun stuff.: i sent a message to tumblr support →
ccake:
janedoe225:
and i’m assuming no one else is because it’s been up for way too long. i’ve seen blogs get deleted in less than 5 minutes by tumblr support. this is what i sent:
The infamous fear mongering, anti patriotic/solider, homophobic, misogynistic West Boro Baptist “Church” started a…
Emailed
Hey fun fact: they’re gone now. Cheers everyone!
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Every Single Word in Icelandic: Timburmenn →
everysinglewordinicelandic:
If humans are not careful, they can sometimes get “timbur-menn”. (I have noticed that this often happens to them on Saturdays and Sundays.)
It sounds like “timber men”, but it means “hang-over”.
“Timburmenn” has been in my people’s language for a very long time, because my people have needed…
Fun fact: The picture is of Icelandic schnapps, Brennivín, which...
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Community: building a definition for 2011
In my previous two posts, What is a community? and Un-defining community, I talked about popular perceptions of community and the inability for our current definitions to address that certain difference in “community”, that je ne sais quoi that stands it apart in our minds from “a group of people standing around discussing a particular shared interest”. Now that...
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Un-defining community
Last week I asked you to answer this question: What is a community? I received some good answers in the comments both here and on Facebook. By far the most common answer to the question was along the lines of “a group of people with a common interest”. And Wiktionary agrees. As the idea of online community has grown and developed to the point of being part of the everyday, I worry...
March 2011
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What is a community?
When I tell people I am an Online Community Manager, I often get a blank or confused look. And, to be honest, I still haven’t worked up a good “elevator pitch” version of the explanation myself. One of the biggest problems is that the most important word in the job title is so poorly defined. Academics have been arguing over the definition of “community” for decades...
Let's get this straight
whatsupmynica:
caratiaremarie:
THIS PICTURE IS FROM A MOVIE
THE CREATOR OF HELLO KITTY IS STILL ALIVE
THE CREATOR OF POKEMON IS STILL ALIVE
AND THIS PICTURE IS OVER 4 YEARS OLD
February 2011
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Watchrumoko:
ronworkman:
mooshoo:
tazar:
Jesus christ, talk about an impactful trailer. Never even heard of the game before this, but I’m definitely intrigued by it now.
JESUS TAPDANCING CHRIST ON A CRACKER!
Game developers, THIS is how you do a trailer. I know nothing about this game but would gladly pay $60 for it just because of this trailer.
Note from Ron: Agreed. Fucking...
