Comments on: Why Online Communities Fail

By: Damir Tomicic

Damir Tomicic — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:49:32 +0000

Amen!

Sometime people tend to believe that it is easier to start something new than to support something that is already there – like INETA or IASA – and extend their offering with new attractive services.

Afterwards such organzations have to collect peaces of non-existing deserted communities and motivate the people to become active again…

Damir

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http:// — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 08:39:41 +0000

Very well said.

By: Grant Holliday

Grant Holliday — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:56:13 +0000

The OzTFS.com mailing list is an online community that succeeded, I’ve had a think about why on my blog.

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http:// — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 05:40:26 +0000

I’m also used to hear “I’m going to create a community”. And it never works when someone do it. Theodoros Plakadopoulos. Why? Simple! Because a community has to start from a real need, from outside a company, from real person. Basketball. A company can only foster existing communities but not start them. TPlay that’s the way it’s working. Any community started by a company will die as soon as the person in charge of this community will stop working. Because most of the timed, the community is not based on real external needs…

By: Laurent Ellerbach

Laurent Ellerbach — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:25:03 +0000

I’m also used to hear “I’m going to create a community”. And it never works when someone do it. Why?
Simple! Because a community has to start from a real need, from outside a company, from real person. A company can only foster existing communities but not start them. that’s the way it’s working. Any community started by a company will die as soon as the person in charge of this community will stop working. Because most of the timed, the community is not based on real external needs…