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Martin M

Bokardo » Common Pitfalls of Building Social Web Applications and How to Avoid Them - 0 views

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checklist participation

shared by Martin M on 11 Sep 07 - Cached
  • 1) Underestimating The Cold Start Problem
  • you have to build your own attention momentum over time
  • Strong social sites build value one user at a time. If one user finds value, then they’re much more likely to tell others or invite their friends.
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  • 2) Focusing on Too Many Things
  • If you can’t describe what your site does with a single, clear idea then you’re trying to do too much
  • the ease of adding social features is a barrier to focus
  • Nail that one thing to the ground, and show people how you do that one thing better than anybody else.
  • 3) Lack of Sustained Execution
  • 4) Pointing the Finger when Missteps Happen
Oksana

Slashdot | Luring the Lurkers - 0 views

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lurking

shared by Oksana on 18 Sep 07 - Cached
  • Lurkers are one of the Net's biggest disenfranchised groups, unseen or heard. Although there are many more Lurkers than posters by far on sites like this, they get almost none of the attention. This distorts agendas and skews perceptions. As newcomers come onto the Web in record numbers, Lurking is growing -- you should see my e-mail. So are the reasons for websites to take Lurkers more seriously and get them to come out.
  • A recent survey by a computer consulting firm in Chicago found that 98 per cent of the visitors to large sites with open forums - from AOL and MSN to sites like Slashdot - never submit ideas or articles and never post opinions or participate in arguments.
  • Sites like Slashdot should offer special welcome areas for Lurkers, newcomers and newbies, not to mention immigrants, the elderly, the technically challenged or the shy. I can testify from personal experience that there are hundreds of people on this site who would be happy to help if they were asked, and would warmly greet newcomers.
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  • Established sites like the Well have long provided moderated areas where people can identify themselves, be welcomed, and ask questions about the site, and the different topics and discussion areas. There is no debate or arguments on welcome sites, simply the chance for people to say who they are, why they're here, and what they are interested in, and for the site - usually volunteers -- to help guide them.
  • One of the best things about the Web, as many Lurkers point out, is, in fact, one of the worst - a tolerance for open discussion that makes the Internet the freest culture in the world. For me, this is a fair trade-off.
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