How do you pick an online community?

Posted on April 16th, 2010 by tim bursch. Filed under Community, connections, social media.


If you are like me you have joined a handful of social networks. Think about how much time you really spend on each of them. Yeah, probably not much except for a few favorites?

In my experience, I get an invite to a new network, usually from a friend. I might join, set up a profile, add some friends, follow some people, make a few connections, and then bookmark for later. The challenge is the later part. I’m finding that I don’t go back very often if at all.

It’s not the topics or the user experience. Those are all pretty good. I think it’s the activity.

I end up going where the action is and where I’m connecting most with people. We tend to invest time in relationships (and networks) where we are noticed.

What do you think?

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  • jeffmacsimus
    So THIS is where you've been lurking... I think your post of April 6 pretty much answers your question. Fortunately or not, there's no such thing as "passive community". Being in community requires work and attention, faculties we humans have only a finite capacity for. Like anything else, we have to choose how we invest those things and it's only natural to spend more of them in places where you see a healthy return...
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