Comments on: Otwarte czy zamknięte? | Open or closed?

By: cityville

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By: zajefajnyx

zajefajnyx — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:20:15 +0000

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By: jazzirti

jazzirti — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:14:45 +0000

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By: AlisonM

AlisonM — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:37:33 +0000

Hi Arvind. Read your post on FB Comm Manager board. Not sure where my response fits in with the open/closed scenario but is there the option to have the best of both worlds?

The community I manage (130,000) is open but we have a few select closed forums which either require approval to access (agree to conditions), or are invisble to newer members. These came about at the request of members and enable a better sense of privacy/more open discussion.

Not sure this is an option for you, may be considered too divisive depending on how it is implemented?

By: Arvind Juneja

Arvind Juneja — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:47:39 +0000

1. that sounds ok but….
2. here you assume that person who links to our content is OUR Community Manager…

my question is how to make people “want” to spread links to our content? How to motivate them to spread links to our content? that’s a very wide topic and I think I should make another post for it :)

By: Connie Bensen

Connie Bensen — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:09:08 +0000

That’s an excellent question Arvind!
There are 2 parts to it:
1. If you provide resources that are of value to others & relevant than others will link to them.

2. I highly recommend that a community manager be monitoring their brand & related topics (including the competitor’s). In doing this there are many opportunities to link to resources that are of value to the community where you’re reading/commenting at.

And in both cases if people find them valuable, then they’ll spread your links

By: Arvind Juneja

Arvind Juneja — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:15:48 +0000

Jaroslaw said that we can’t talk about the target when the subject is “Online Community” as there will always be a very wide range of people joining our community..

I think that those two facst does not exclude them selfs… You need to have some kind of specified target to know where – and how – to aim your “message to the world”..

and you also need to know that there will be always someone who will be very different from your target… but that doesn’t change much.

We are talking about the Community as people who need to think about various number of aspects, one of those aspects is “business” and you need to know what people you want to “catch” with your business actions…

By: Arvind Juneja

Arvind Juneja — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:11:26 +0000

@Connie, how would you encourage your community to link to resources? what kind of actions would you take to make them “want to” spread your UGC over the net?

@Tyson, thanks for your comment. I’m looking forward for more detailed message in few months to see what influence on your community this change had…
and also, what’s the average age of your community? I’m just wondering what does more older/mature mean. For example average age for GoldenLine user is 30 and it’s the “oldest” (considering age, not time of existance) Community in Polish Internet…

By: Community Building is Happening Worldwide | Connie Bensen

Community Building is Happening Worldwide | Connie Bensen — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:07:22 +0000

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By: Tyson Goodridge

Tyson Goodridge — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:43:25 +0000

Arvind- recommenting from your facbook question on the community manage group page.

(context- we had a closed community, and decided to open it…)

I think the community liked the fact that it was closed, but believe it or not, we’ve had no negative feedback from opening up the community.

Surprising given that our community is a bit more older/mature.affluent. The older generation seems to value and want privacy more, but it hasn’t affected member behavior yet.

I think one place where it may manifest itself is in members filling out their profiles/adding pictures. Will our members be a little reticent knowing that their personal life is a bit more open to the rest of the world? not sure yet.
Profiles aren’t visible unless you are a registered member, so this should help alleviate the concerns/issues some members might have.

We’re still growing and I can probably report back with more details as we have bigger numbers to make better assumptions with better data…