Focus for this week: Systems (past focus)

From I ask questions

to the reader: work in progress: panta rhei (everything flows)

about What is an online community (OC) ?:

• seen the first video (Michael Wesch: An anthropological introduction to YouTube):
  • just a quick feedback for now: interesting to see how youtube started and the community developed (though it is just one view). I liked the video for its motivating effect: when seeing how the different videos and their remixes spread, it kind of invited one to do that kind of thing also Good production !

approaching the question

• Should I begin with taking the two words first and then consider the emergent properties ?

I mentioned here "but I list here the ones with longer involvement (somehow I perceive time as important for an online community, because with time comes feelings)" - my first thought when thinking of OCs was: time and trust. That creates a strong binding to an OC - at least for me. While watching the first video I came to think of some other OCs I am part of - later more. But the ones mentioned yesterday are the ones I have a strong feeling to.

• collecting my experiences in online communities
• based on my experiences I'd like to collect some questions to see if an online community can become successful or not:
  • are there helpful people around ?
  • does it have a goal/philosophy that convinces fast ?
  • is it easy to participate + open (in many aspects) ?
  • did it survive a few crises ?
  • do they decide themselves and don't do what others say (who don't understand yet their motivation) ?
  • do they have a "marketing" department ?
• mumbling: so, what is an OC ? is it living things - you and me ... e.g. interacting for the next few months ? what else ? what about non-living things ? pograms, (ro)bots, ... ? is it a mixture ? of ? is it something not directly touchable ? feelings ? thoughts ?

things in my mind atm (unsorted)

— Erkan Yilmaz (talk) • 17:59, 31 July 2009 • 2 comments