Comments on: Give members of your online community a roadmap

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:21:58 +0000

Giving members various levels of status should help motivate them to participate more. Forums have been doing this for years and years.

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By: Shawn

Shawn — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:03:04 +0000

What types of membership groups have you created? As in, what was the basis of the group creation? Had been around so long? Posts per day? Rep count?

I’d advise AGAINST giving them your twitter account or any other account really, for the same reasons that you suggested not to have more than one admin account, sure it’s only Twitter, but it’s still something to be cautious of. Now if you want to use their API to develop a module that would allow them to post from your twitter with the account details locked into the files (and not their e-mail account), that might work. Or just ask them to write a guest twitter and you submit it yourself.

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By: Joseph Bennett

Joseph Bennett — Wed, 27 May 2009 05:27:22 +0000

Well put information. I agree wholeheartedly that forum reward systems are a great idea. With some of my online communities I execute this practice, and it helps for sure.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:38:47 +0000

Yes the forum reward systems are a good idea. Through these systems the people are willing to post on a regular basis and in return they gain reputation and trust amongst forum members. One forum I am a regular poster on has several different reward systems together. Now that I have achieved the maximum level for number of posts I can still work at building up my reputation points.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 02 May 2009 11:35:01 +0000

Now it makes sense why forums have difference levels of members based on the number of postings. It rewards loyal followers with a nice little title which some users will be motivated to obtain.

By: Erik

Erik — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:50:45 +0000

I like the idea behind leveling up. One then needs to find a balance between offering members something to shoot for, making that goal worthwhile and attainable, but still a bit of a stretch, but also making it something even new members can immediately sink their teeth into.

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By: Maddie Grant

Maddie Grant — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:47:51 +0000

Fantastic post. It’s so important not only to define the social objects that will get people interacting in an online community, but knowing how to nurture that community by finding those actions and “level-ups” that will keep people coming back for more.