John has posted a recap of our lengthy discussion a while back (which turned into a chapter in his book, Spark). I’m repeating it here because I think he’s done a fantastic job of encapsulating a long conversation into its key points.
If you’re interested, this is the blog entry on Emergence Marketing that kicked off this discussion.
One of the most popular posts on this blog has been the ongoing debate about how to “define community“. Apparently after a year of discussion people are still talking about it. Mohamed has collected a ton of various definitions from a variety of sources.
To be honest, after reading that entire list, I’m still quite pleased with my original definition. Perhaps this is because it’s mine, perhaps it’s because it best represents how I think. Take a look at Hohamed’s list and let me know what which one you can latch onto the easiest. Here’s a refresher for my definition:
A community is a group of people who form relationships over time by interacting regularly around shared experiences, which are of interest to all of them for varying individual reasons.
What do you think? How do you define community?
(And yes, I know I’m rehashing an unanswerable question, but it’s an absolutely fascinating discussion!)
Today is a big day for our Big in Japan team. Together with FX Network, we’ve launched the Nip/Tuck Fancast.
The Fancast is live on the Nip/Tuck site, or you can access it directly here. We’re really proud of this project, and would love to get your feedback. It’s running smoothly and we don’t expect any problems. If you have any feedback, please drop us a comment in this thread. We’d love to hear what you think!
Please bear with me while I rant…
The usage of the word blog is screwed up. It means too many things. Some people say “blog” in reference to a single blog entry. Other people use “blog” to refer to a Web site that collects multiple blog entries. It’s confusing and well, honestly, referring to a single blog entry as a “blog” just doesn’t make sense.
I propose we agree to fix this issue by using the following terms:
Now that that’s straight, you can return to your regularly scheduled reading.
From Valleywag…
Patricia Dunn: Chair of Hewlett-Packard’s board. Hired investigators to find a board member who leaked information to CNET. Investigators impersonated HP board members and outside reporters to get their personal call records from phone companies. Now Congress, the FBI, and California’s attorney general are looking into criminal charges, possibly against Dunn.John Markoff: New York Times technology writer. Private investigators impersonated him to get his phone records.
Bill Keller: Executive editor of the New York Times. Jon Markoff’s boss. Giving the keynote speech tonight at Patricia Dunn’s induction into the Bay Area Business Hall of Fame.
Jake McKee is the Chief Strategy Officer and Ant Wrangler at Ant's Eye View, a customer experience strategy practice focused on helping clients escalate their customer experience. With a rich background in customer collaboration, online communities, and fan groups, and Web development, community management, and product development, Jake helps organizations understand how to act like groups of people, rather than soulless money making machines.
