“We’ve all been part of communities since kindergarten, or earlier. Churches, schools, sports teams, and neighborhoods all satisfy basic human desires to interact with others and work toward a common goal. And yet, when these communities are online and we start to think of them as “social sites,” these concepts can suddenly feel foreign.”
Tag: community+sites
hburgnews.com
An independent placeblog in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Among other features, there’s a group Twitter account.
Buffalo Rising
Community site/blog – looks great, built on Movable Type (?).
Create your own news site with XML | patrickbeeson.com
knoxnews.com | The Upfront Page
Using Ning for an unserved-niche social network for schools. Gee, why didn’t I think of that? Oh, wait a minute, I did…
Thinking about media as a platform – Matt McAlister
A short explanation of how interactivity can change the game. Get off the stage, and let the readers add information of their own. Let them form a community around the information you’ve packaged for them. via Ingram.
MediaShift . Digging Deeper::Hyper-Local Citizen Media Sites Learn How to Serve Small Communities | PBS
Lessons learned from some hyperlocal efforts: Work hard, seed clouds, don’t expect instant profit, build community by example, cheerlead.
Crosscut Seattle
Local news from locals and aggregated from professional news sources. Can this work in a city the size of Seattle? Probably.
Act now or buy later – Lucas Grindley
“In all of our markets, there is room for just one PoliticsNJ. Just one. So act fast or later you’ll find yourself opening the company’s wallet to buy a competitor.”
Community | share.triangle.com
Raliegh, NC newspaper’s newish community site. Nice, feature rich, lots of buttons to push, pretty clean and clear. Makes it look easy to participate. Runs on Drupal.
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