Kyle Bragger

• 2011-02-14

  Six important factors for building online communities

  I’m working on a full-length essay about building communities online and everything I’ve learned so far making Forrst, but here’s an outline to give a sense of what I’m thinking about.

  1. Community can’t be forced
  2. Your earliest users are the most important users you’ll ever have
  3. Be human
  4. Find your focus and ruthlessly pursue it
  5. Always listen to users, but only sometimes
  6. Empower the community

  Updated 5/8/11 to tweak the wording on a few items

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