Many people know that I am extremely interested in the growth and emergence of “Slashdot”:http://slashdot.org/. In addition to keeping the “evolution of moderation on Slashdot”:https://opencontent.org/mod-evolve/ archive, I try to be a student of the archive and what it can teach us about catalyzing the growth of really large, really active online communities. This short foray explores a crisis-response model of large community growth.
self-organizing communities
The goal isn’t to have well-trained employees
From Stephanie Allen and co’s new blog, “COP^2”:http://www.reusability.org/blogs/steph/ — “At the end of the day, employers do not want well-trained employees; they want employees who do their jobs well.” Looks like some fun research to follow over the summer.
Pheromones and Foraging Online
A few Friday afternoon thoughts about pheromones, information foraging, and the success of online communities brought on by reading a doctoral student’s proposal draft…