This is old and not updated anymore but some good thoughts and interviews with Scott Heiferman, Caterina Fake, and Gina Bianchi (Ning)... http://theglueproject.

This is old and not updated anymore but some good thoughts and interviews with Scott Heiferman, Caterina Fake, and Gina Bianchi (Ning)... http://theglueproject.com/ http://theglueproject.com/ Somewhere around online is a really good article with Heather Champ from flickr on how they manage their community as well(From SFGate maybe) Anything from Heather's husband Derek Powazek on community is worth reading as well. Derek and Heather founded JPG Mag together. Edit: Here is the article with Heather Champ, Nasty as They Wanna Be? Policing Flickr.com - http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-09-29/business/17120099_1_flickr-policing-images http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-09-29/business/17120099_1_fl... Another great read about how they built the community at flickr is this A List Apart Article from George Oates: From Little Things, Big Things Grow - http://www.alistapart.com/articles/fromlittlethings/ http://www.alistapart.com/articles/fromlittlethings/