I think it's a number of factors working together to elicit a positive environment for users which then naturally creates a "lead by example" sort of attitude, which strangely enough I have been witnessing is getting even more positive as the number of users grows. This approach is great because abusive users are then quickly stamped out by the community without the need for admins to constantly have to make the call, and instead a strong community does this naturally.
If you look at the site from the outside (a logged-out user's perspective) you will notice many similarities to reddit, but are quickly surprised that while there are certain organizational similarities (tribes, voting, links, commenting, etc) the whole platform enjoys a completely different fundamental core. While reddit is built on karma which promotes karma whoring and cheap tactics, it doesn't do much for creating a meaningful persona that is then positively reinforced by the rest of the community which is already familiar with the general concept.
The XP leveling system as well as Rep score are a key factors in honest positive interaction that is driven by retaining the feeling of anonymity yet with the avatar, banner and other "career" building functions give you the feeling of responsibility for your own profile, even though it isn't really your private identity. I think people quickly make the realization that while you just don't have enough friends to discuss the topics you truly love, you can do so here behind the safety of your computer and your anonymous profile (if you so choose).
I don't yet see any negative consequences with this approach, but I'm sure with such a strong community we can overcome any issues that may arise.
takes a sip of his morning coffee
I definitely agree that we need to actively continue to grow this place, as I have no doubt it will only get better as our community grows and further organizes itself. I would just like to point out that the best way to do ...
I think it's a number of factors working together to elicit a positive environment for users which then naturally creates a "lead by example" sort of attitude, which strangely enough I have been witnessing is getting even more positive as the number of users grows. This approach is great because abusive users are then quickly stamped out by the community without the need for admins to constantly have to make the call, and instead a strong community does this naturally.
If you look at the site from the outside (a logged-out user's perspective) you will notice many similarities to reddit, but are quickly surprised that while there are certain organizational similarities (tribes, voting, links, commenting, etc) the whole platform enjoys a completely different fundamental core. While reddit is built on karma which promotes karma whoring and cheap tactics, it doesn't do much for creating a meaningful persona that is then positively reinforced by the rest of the community which is already familiar with the general concept.
The XP leveling system as well as Rep score are a key factors in honest positive interaction that is driven by retaining the feeling of anonymity yet with the avatar, banner and other "career" building functions give you the feeling of responsibility for your own profile, even though it isn't really your private identity. I think people quickly make the realization that while you just don't have enough friends to discuss the topics you truly love, you can do so here behind the safety of your computer and your anonymous profile (if you so choose).
I don't yet see any negative consequences with this approach, but I'm sure with such a strong community we can overcome any issues that may arise.
takes a sip of his morning coffee
I definitely agree that we need to actively continue to grow this place, as I have no doubt it will only get better as our community grows and further organizes itself. I would just like to point out that the best way to do this is to use the tribe invite codes provided within approved tribes of the referral program. Just start a tribe on a topic you love, meet the minimum requirements for referral program validation and then submit it. Once your tribe is accepted you can use the many tools to tastefully spread the word about the platform and your community, and the best thing is that people ultimately get what they ask for!
Something I've yet to see is people posting original snaps. I don't mean a snap with only original content, I mean a snap that is its own entity rather than just a link to article. Right now, most snaps are being used as portals to other websites. When sharing what is on the other side of the snap, most people would just share the article rather than the snap.
Take taringa.net for example (which is a popular reddit-like website in South America). When people make posts there, they take pride in their creation. Take a look at this post. It starts out with "Bienvenidos" or "Welcome". Most of the time you will see posts that start with something with "Bienvenidos a mi post" or "Welcome to my post". These posts are their creation. It may use content from other websites, but it is created so that people want to read that post rather than just look at the website. In a way, you could say its almost like the websites is a blog with all of its blog posts by users. In the post, the user goes on and creates an informative post, while still linking to the websites. However, instead of just saying "Hey, this website is good for programming" (like we are right now), it goes in-depth and explains things that users may not have known otherwise.
I think we need some posts like that and encourage posts like that. It is a win-win for all parties. Snapzu users gets high-quality content native to the website, when people are linked to snapzu, they aren't just clicking through to another website, and Snapzu gets new members who see the quality of the posts and request invites. New members will be encouraged to make that high quality content as well.
Oh that's a really good post. And ya, that's what I'm talking about. That's worth posting to other sites. If we could get ourselves back in the habit of making some of our snaps like that, I think it would be a really great way of encouraging high quality posters to join the site.
I was thinking this myself - content creation really helps to solidify a community. When you're just aggregating, it's hard to feel a tangible link to anything other thank the discussions, but when people are actively contributing content, it's much easier to build strong community bonds.
Might start a tribe in a few days here and try to remedy this.
I think it's a number of factors working together to elicit a positive environment for users which then naturally creates a "lead by example" sort of attitude, which strangely enough I have been witnessing is getting even more positive as the number of users grows. This approach is great because abusive users are then quickly stamped out by the community without the need for admins to constantly have to make the call, and instead a strong community does this naturally.
If you look at the site from the outside (a logged-out user's perspective) you will notice many similarities to reddit, but are quickly surprised that while there are certain organizational similarities (tribes, voting, links, commenting, etc) the whole platform enjoys a completely different fundamental core. While reddit is built on karma which promotes karma whoring and cheap tactics, it doesn't do much for creating a meaningful persona that is then positively reinforced by the rest of the community which is already familiar with the general concept.
The XP leveling system as well as Rep score are a key factors in honest positive interaction that is driven by retaining the feeling of anonymity yet with the avatar, banner and other "career" building functions give you the feeling of responsibility for your own profile, even though it isn't really your private identity. I think people quickly make the realization that while you just don't have enough friends to discuss the topics you truly love, you can do so here behind the safety of your computer and your anonymous profile (if you so choose).
I don't yet see any negative consequences with this approach, but I'm sure with such a strong community we can overcome any issues that may arise.
takes a sip of his morning coffee
I definitely agree that we need to actively continue to grow this place, as I have no doubt it will only get better as our community grows and further organizes itself. I would just like to point out that the best way to do ...
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