Three (Platform Agnostic!) Best Practices in Online Community Architecture
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Three (Platform Agnostic!) Best Practices in Online Community Architecture
Success here will come down to implementation details. The incentive structure, funding sources, size, goals, moderation approach, and community management philosophy of these networks will determine their long term viability as both businesses and communities. Whether coming at it from the angle of social media, brand, or content creator, building... See more
Toby Shorin • Come for the Network, Pay for the Tool
In my chats with Steve, he often likens Reddit to a city, and to his team’s role as city planners. The goal isn’t to run all the activity in the city, but to set up spaces where communities big and small can flourish.
Andrew Chen • The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects
For a network, one way to make for a good newcomer experience is to have a “ranked” experience where they are exposed to or interact with a subset of the entire graph. For example, a sub-reddit instead of everyone competing with everyone else on Reddit.
Sriram Krishnan • Status Traps: Learning from Web2 Social Networks - a16z crypto
Involve members as much as you can in developing the structure of the community. When I began building Escaping Mediocrity, I had some loose ideas on the structure I wanted to put in place. But because I wanted to create a real community, one that could function whether I was present or not, I encouraged people to take ownership of how