Comments on: Your online community should be a drug

By: Belle

Belle — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:48:25 +0000

I have built the site Nurses Circuit last week and people start to sign in but I just realized my work doesn’t stop there. I don’t even have a newsletter. That’s the next thing on my to do list. Thanks for another great article

By: Powerful posts 12 August 2007 » Online Community Building

Powerful posts 12 August 2007 » Online Community Building — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:26:31 +0000

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By: Martin Reed - Blog Author

Martin Reed - Blog Author — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:49:54 +0000

Smiley – Your new union certainly sounds like a good idea on paper. I think establishing the guidelines as to what is a ’safe’ community and what is not, as well as how to keep a check on those sites will be a challenge.

No matter what community you visit, if it is a popular one there will always be a bad apple in the bunch on the odd occasion. Even sites that claim to be moderated, rarely are 24 hours a day. How will you be able to justify the inclusion of these sites in such a directory?

Also, do you think that perhaps labelling a site as ’safe’ could set you up for problems further down the line? What if someone visits a site you have deemed to be safe, then decides to meet someone because the site has been badged ’safe’? What if someone lets their guard down because they see the site has been judged ’safe’ and ends up in a whole heap of trouble?

I am not against the idea, I just think you could be setting yourself up for a lot of grief further down the line. These issues will need to be addressed before you will be able to attract the larger communities to your union.

By: Smiley

Smiley — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:49:45 +0000

Martin, I think you are going to love my newest venture/brainstorm. I thought about it while walking through town today. I noticed that the pubs in my area, although are all independent owned by different breweries etc, not connected in anyway… are all in close communication with each other, and are all part of an umbrella organization to tackle pub crime, and have walkie talkies. This gave me a brainstorm. I think you will love my idea in this thread. Some bits are a little hazy right now, as I haven’t slept yet, but as soon as I’ve finished the USCC site tomorrow, things will be perfectly clear. I’ve basically figured out a way how to help make internet chat rooms a safer place to chat… by encouraging other chat sites to conform to my own no-perv policies…

http://www.friendly-boards.co.uk/boards/viewtopic.php?t=687

By: Martin Reed - Blog Author

Martin Reed - Blog Author — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:46:16 +0000

Mike – I haven’t used Facebook as a marketing tool, although I know that many people do. I will have a dig around and see if I can find an interesting article worth a mention; hopefully that will help you out.

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Blogonomics Part 2: Your Best Competitors are your Best Friends - Zoomstart — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 03:19:58 +0000

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By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:14:29 +0000

Good advice. I think I will add a newsletter to my site. I just joined facebook and would be interested in hearing how you can promote your forum on fb.