Comments on: Nightstand 4 Recap: The Changing Face of Online Communities http://www.headstandmedia.com/2008/02/29/nightstand-4-recap-of-the-changing-face-of-online-communities/ A Chicago web 2.0 design and creative new media development company Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:03:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Erik http://www.headstandmedia.com/2008/02/29/nightstand-4-recap-of-the-changing-face-of-online-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-213 Erik Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:36:51 +0000 http://www.headstandmedia.com/2008/02/29/nightstand-4-recap-of-the-changing-face-of-online-communities/#comment-213 One that comes to mind is <a href="http://outside.in/" rel="nofollow">outside.in</a>. It seems geographically centered, but not dedicated to any one place. See their <a href="http://outside.in/faq" rel="nofollow">FAQ</a> for how the site's creators think about it. (One of the founders is the awesome writer <a href="http://www.stevenberlinjohnson.com/" rel="nofollow">Steven Johnson</a>, who does a lot of interesting things with networking, social mapping, etc.) One that comes to mind is outside.in. It seems geographically centered, but not dedicated to any one place. See their FAQ for how the site’s creators think about it.

(One of the founders is the awesome writer Steven Johnson, who does a lot of interesting things with networking, social mapping, etc.)

]]> By: Steve Tanner http://www.headstandmedia.com/2008/02/29/nightstand-4-recap-of-the-changing-face-of-online-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-212 Steve Tanner Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:43:10 +0000 http://www.headstandmedia.com/2008/02/29/nightstand-4-recap-of-the-changing-face-of-online-communities/#comment-212 Thanks everyone who came out last night for the discussion on online community. I thought it was interesting when the conversation diverged to the idea that there may be more than just place/interest-centric and people-centric communities. (I think something like event-centric was mentioned.) It got me thinking on the way home about that. For those who threw that point out there, care to share any examples of communities/networks that might not fall so easily into those two buckets? Thanks everyone who came out last night for the discussion on online community.

I thought it was interesting when the conversation diverged to the idea that there may be more than just place/interest-centric and people-centric communities. (I think something like event-centric was mentioned.) It got me thinking on the way home about that. For those who threw that point out there, care to share any examples of communities/networks that might not fall so easily into those two buckets?

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