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All Transactions are based on Trust - Reddit Case Study

8 points by danw 19y ago

davidw 19y ago
Part of the problem, IMO, is that none of these sites purposefully aims for the creation of small "communities within a community" of around 100 people that seems to be a good number for people to deal with: http://journal.dedasys.com/articles/2007/06/11/dunbars-number-and-online-communities http://journal.dedasys.com/articles/2007/06/11/dunbars-number-and-online-communities
- danw 19y ago
  I'd be interested in seeing something build upon facebook. That way all your most trusted friends are there.
  - run4yourlives 19y ago
    The problem with facebook, and/or linked in is that new ideas and friends are what makes a community great. When I use facebook, I only really add people I know in real life, since I value privacy. When I use reddit, I want to learn about new things and different ideas. I just want a certain level of discourse, that's all. Find a way to guarantee an intelligent, targeted conversation while at the same time allowing me to expand my sphere and you have a winner. Reddit tried this using it's "recommended" page, but I think they have failed, primarily because they don't place enough value in comments, IMO.
    - davidw 19y ago
      Right... it's not about simply isolating yourself with your real life friends on line. There's no gain there. The trick would be to do something like this: The site figures out what you like and adds you to some sort of group with other like minded people. The members of this group don't change too often, and you principally interact with them, although perhaps you see things of interest to everyone on the site. Shrug... if I had a clear vision of the answer, I'd try and build it:-)
      - rzwitserloot 19y ago
        Ah, yes, the old 'circle wanking' effect. Everyone vehemently agreeing with each other. I'll be addressing exactly that problem with delicious' inbox in part 2. I think I do have a solution of sorts, and I'd even go and build it, but kinda busy with http://tipit.to/ http://tipit.to/ still :-P I'll post part 2 later today!
run4yourlives 19y ago
Amen brother, Amen. Reddit is unfortunately broken as badly as all the others. Can't wait for part two.
NickDouglas 19y ago
Would you join a Reddit that charged $5 a year and was invite only? You'd get to invite five new users per year.
- run4yourlives 19y ago
  I would have. I wouldn't now... the quality isn't there anymore.
  - NickDouglas 19y ago
    A new Reddit, not any existing one. Different name, different code, same principle.
- akkartik 19y ago
  Speaking of that, how is the community at metafilter doing?
rzwitserloot 19y ago
Just posted part 2: http://fourstarters.com/2007/06/14/all-transactions-are-based-on-trust-part-2/ http://fourstarters.com/2007/06/14/all-transactions-are-based-on-trust-part-2/

8 points by danw 19y ago

Part of the problem, IMO, is that none of these sites purposefully aims for the creation of small "communities within a community" of around 100 people that seems to be a good number for people to deal with: http://journal.dedasys.com/articles/2007/06/11/dunbars-number-and-online-communities http://journal.dedasys.com/articles/2007/06/11/dunbars-number-and-online-communities

danw 19y ago
I'd be interested in seeing something build upon facebook. That way all your most trusted friends are there.
- run4yourlives 19y ago
  The problem with facebook, and/or linked in is that new ideas and friends are what makes a community great. When I use facebook, I only really add people I know in real life, since I value privacy. When I use reddit, I want to learn about new things and different ideas. I just want a certain level of discourse, that's all. Find a way to guarantee an intelligent, targeted conversation while at the same time allowing me to expand my sphere and you have a winner. Reddit tried this using it's "recommended" page, but I think they have failed, primarily because they don't place enough value in comments, IMO.
  - davidw 19y ago
    Right... it's not about simply isolating yourself with your real life friends on line. There's no gain there. The trick would be to do something like this: The site figures out what you like and adds you to some sort of group with other like minded people. The members of this group don't change too often, and you principally interact with them, although perhaps you see things of interest to everyone on the site. Shrug... if I had a clear vision of the answer, I'd try and build it:-)
    - rzwitserloot 19y ago
      Ah, yes, the old 'circle wanking' effect. Everyone vehemently agreeing with each other. I'll be addressing exactly that problem with delicious' inbox in part 2. I think I do have a solution of sorts, and I'd even go and build it, but kinda busy with http://tipit.to/ http://tipit.to/ still :-P I'll post part 2 later today!

run4yourlives 19y ago

Amen brother, Amen. Reddit is unfortunately broken as badly as all the others. Can't wait for part two.

NickDouglas 19y ago

Would you join a Reddit that charged $5 a year and was invite only? You'd get to invite five new users per year.

run4yourlives 19y ago
I would have. I wouldn't now... the quality isn't there anymore.
- NickDouglas 19y ago
  A new Reddit, not any existing one. Different name, different code, same principle.
akkartik 19y ago
Speaking of that, how is the community at metafilter doing?

rzwitserloot 19y ago

Just posted part 2: http://fourstarters.com/2007/06/14/all-transactions-are-based-on-trust-part-2/ http://fourstarters.com/2007/06/14/all-transactions-are-based-on-trust-part-2/