[HN Gopher] What I Know About Community Building (2020) ___________________________________________________________________ What I Know About Community Building (2020) Author : yamrzou Score : 20 points Date : 2023-11-11 14:16 UTC (8 hours ago) (HTM) web link (medium.com) (TXT) w3m dump (medium.com) | coffeecantcode wrote: | As someone who is preparing to jumpstart a community of their own | I found this article very interesting, but after the initial | stages of community building it appears to turn into community | facilitating, more or less. | | Reducing your influence and encouraging self-governance seems | necessary and inevitable but also opens the doors to seeing your | community and your vision for it devolve into something you don't | want or aren't prepared for. | | How do you step in and nudge a community that has grown to that | point in the "right" direction without scaring off those | involved? | | Note: maybe you don't. I understand that "be specific" is not | only important in bringing in and retaining community members but | also ensuring the community stays on the rails. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-11-11 23:00 UTC)