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Thoughts about maintaining quality of community: 1. Stream of new content 2. Preserving a (possibly revolving) core group of contributors (20% of the userbase
by wenc 6y ago
Thoughts about maintaining quality of community:
1. Stream of new content
2. Preserving a (possibly revolving) core group of contributors (20% of the userbase generates 80% of the activity)
3. Quality control/moderation (we know what happened to Quora)
An online community has to be aspirational (as in participants want to be part of an exalted peer group, e.g. SV founders) or serve a need for knowledge somehow.
- monkeydust 6y ago> Preserving a (possibly revolving) core group of people (20% of the userbase generates 80% of the activity) very true but 100% of the userbase will consume 100% of the activity, extreme numbers but point being that whilst only 20% are creating content a greater share, assume everyone, will consume it. In the UK there is a community called mumsnet - I know so many people (including me) who consume from it but do not generate back.
- wenc 6y agoOops I meant to say contributors -- you're right of course.