Tag: community+building
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TechStars Blog » Intense Debate – Exposing comment “Dark Matter”
Now THAT’S a commenting system! Holy frijoles and damn the torpedoes. Dear newspaper company: Buy this and roll it out, network-style, on all your sites so Joe User from Chicago brings his comment rep with him from one paper to the next. TechStars Blog » Intense Debate – Exposing comment “Dark Matter”
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Democrat & Chronicle: Community Blogs
Fairport/Perinton community blog written on the D&C site by a non-staffer. Sure do wish there was an RSS feed… sigh… Democrat & Chronicle: Community Blogs
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Hyperlocal is about people, not politics – Howard Owens
Let’s all scream it together now, in our best Charlton Heston drama-king voice: “Soylent Green is made of people!” Hyperlocal is about people, not politics – Howard Owens
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Towns are hyperlocal social networks with data (people that is) – BuzzMachine
Jeff does the Soylent Green schtick with hyperlocal. Towns are hyperlocal social networks with data (people that is) – BuzzMachine
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Finding and Using Local Content on YouTube – web.aan.org
[yourtownnamehere] YouTube video of the week. Smart. Works as a topical thing, a la the IBA political blog’s Schwarzenegger Video of the Week, or as a geographic thing on a community site. Finding and Using Local Content on YouTube – web.aan.org
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How ‘Citizen Stringers’ Can Help You Hyper-Localize – E&P
Because while you don’t have enough reporters to put one in every community in town, you certainly have readers in every neighborhood. How ‘Citizen Stringers’ Can Help You Hyper-Localize – E&P
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Police Brawl in DC: A Case for Citizen Journalism – web.aan.org
A recipe for sending your reporters out on their feet into the community, not necessarily to do the reporting (nice if they do leave the desk, though), but to evangelize reporting. How to make reporters out of citizens. via david cohn Police Brawl in DC: A Case for Citizen Journalism – web.aan.org
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Common Pitfalls of Building Social Web Applications and How to Avoid Them – Bokardo
“Strong social sites build value one user at a time. If one user finds value, then they’re much more likely to tell others or invite their friends.” – via Joe. Common Pitfalls of Building Social Web Applications and How to Avoid Them – Bokardo