Dear Web Design Community, Where Have You Gone?

We way too easily consume and accept ideas, designs, concepts out there, sometimes without even questioning their validity and correctness. Instead of debating, we agree; instead of criticizing, we accept — or simply click away and ignore the discussion altogether. And this is the reason why many conversations in the community do not get a critical mass of interest.

10 Things a Successful Online Community Can’t Live Without

Online communities range from discussion boards to image or video sharing, or to just chatting and messaging. There are plenty of elements that are the key to the success of these online communities, and without them, many of these communities will not be as popular or as successful as they are today.

The Strengths and Weaknesses of Social Design

After a bit of digging I’ve been able to uncover some more about Geoff Mulgan’s critique of social design.

The Importance and Different Types of Community Driven Websites

Ever since the web began to evolve out of its infancy from the mid to late 90′s online communities in one form or another have existed and flourished. Today we’ve taken the very same fundamental concepts of our ancestry and we have managed to build socially thriving networks that cater to a variety of individuals.

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