Social bookmarking can be collaborative when a group is working to capture all objects on a subject matter and annotate them, but this is rare occurrence. Often the competitive exercises are done in selective social spaces that are closed to all but members of the group doing the work. service lack of groups). Would you agree? MORE >>

But they also have to be able to seduce stragglers into joining the group in the first place, so they have to be able to understand a marketplace, do outbound selling and non-electronic communications. The best community managers are the ones who seem to know everyone and have a large group of colleagues who can help in various ways. MORE >>

« New Blog for Ephemera | Main | Community by the Numbers, Part II: Personal Circles » Community by the Numbers, Part One: Group Thresholds We often think of communities as organic creatures, which come into existence and grow on their own. It is one of the points where groups can change behavior and risk becoming dysfunctional. MORE >>

New features, contests, group activities and more should be planned from the beginning. social media, RSS, blogging, and podcasting. Blog Consulting Starting Point Yahoo Pipes and RSS Hacks Speaking OpenID? With the launch of Jivespace , I have been thinking more about what it really means to be an online community manager. 0.5720 seconds MORE >>

« Post RSA Conference Wrapup | Main | Great Social Networking Posts » The Dunbar Number as a Limit to Group Sizes Lately Ive been noticing the spread of a meme regarding "Dunbars Number" of 150 that I believe is misunderstanding of his ideas. group of 4 often devolves into two pairs. But, what is a "group"? MORE >>