A College Caught in the Middle of America’s Football Obsession
Jesse Dougherty on the football culture at Oberlin College and how it reflects the sport’s fanfare in America.
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Echochambers and Rabbit Holes - NeuroLogica Blog
To what extent do social media algorithms, and YouTube's specifically, contribute to user's views becoming more extreme and even radicalizing? That's a complicated question, but researchers tried to tackle it and have come up with some interesting results. First let's define…
10 Reddit Comment Frameworks That Actually Win on You Visibility (Steal These for Your Brand) - LaunchClub Blog
Most people fail on Reddit because they write comments like ads. Reddit eats ads for breakfast. It's better to follow a Reddit comment framework that
Social media users flee X, flock to TikTok and Reddit
The same fragmentation that reshaped news is now reshaping social media.
A User’s Guide to Building a Subculture—Asterisk
First, you’re going to need something to care about.
How Quora Died
The once-thriving site used to answer our most specific questions. But users are fleeing.
Inside 4chan’s top-secret moderation machine
Internal company documents reveal how the imageboard’s chaotic moderation allowed racism and violence to take over.
Why public chats are better than direct messages
How we communicate makes an enormous impact on our work. One of the best strategies for improving communication in a team is making it open
A Meditation on Word of Mouth Marketing and Growth Hacking
Orchestrating Offline Conversations in an Always-Online World
Crowd Patronage: How A 400 Year Old Model Can Save The Music Ind...
“A lot of people in our industry haven’t had very diverse experiences. So they don’t have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one’s understanding of the human...
Brick By Brick: A free guide to building awesome communities
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What to Look For When Hiring a Community Manager
How to Harness the Power of Belonging
Wharton’s Katy Milkman interviews New York University professor Jay Van Bavel about his new book, ‘The Power of Us,’ which explores how group affiliations shape our identity and can influence performance and cooperation.…Read More
A Framework for Moderation
The question of what should be moderated, and when, is an increasingly frequent one in tech. There is no bright line, but there are ways to get closer to an answer.
Don’t Just Create an Event, Create an Ecosystem
Building a community is an essential step in establishing any company or brand as a leader in its respective industry. A brand community gives your
How Community Can Drive Commerce: A Lesson from China’s Little Redbook
China’s popular social-ecommerce app succeeds in building a mutually beneficial user community and bringing in a smooth shopping experience for users.
The Soul of Maintaining a New Machine
Books in Progress is what we call a “public drafting tool”: Drafts will be made available for comment from the public, allowing for direct collaboration between author and reader.