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Re: Taking LUGNET to the next level
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Sat, 21 Feb 2004 16:42:04 GMT
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I’ve attached a link to a good commentary about group dynamics, social behavior, technology, and group structure in online communities. (Article: “A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy”)

http://shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.html

It is long, but “Part One” and “Three Things to Accept” are IMO the most interesting and relevant reads, and discusses real experiences (and often failures) of online communities that should be heeded.

I offer this merely as another input for the ad hoc group to consider as they restructure LUGNET, especially as we potentially move from a “monarchy” to a “democracy”.

LUGNET has been a great community, and I wish it the best in evolving “to the next level”

Todd, Thanks again for all your work in the past years on LUGNET!

Mark Chan



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  Re: Taking LUGNET to the next level
 
(...) Thanks, Mark, for linking to this. I finally got a chance to print it out and read it. The article illustrated and then tied together many disjointed thoughts I've been having about our online communities. This helps a lot in refining my (...) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
  Re: Taking LUGNET to the next level
 
(...) Wow Mark, I am sorry I missed this one in the flurry of initial posts. It is a GREAT read. (perhaps because it reinforces some of what I've believed to be true about LUGNET and BrickLink and rec.toys.lego and other places, and about club (...) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, FTX)

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