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Community Corral

Are you interested in social networks? We're talking about virtual communities here. Community builders use tools and techniques. We'll discuss them here in the Community Corral

Members: 23
Latest Activity: Aug 23, 2012

About the Community Corral

The art of building and managing community is a soft science. Patterns are emerging regarding online communities. We'll discuss the social map, features and the process of building and managing social networks. There are several business models in play that dominate the field. Components and frameworks are emerging. Issues like participation, growth, undertones and many more are worth considering in your quest to understand and effectively work with communities. Discuss them here, in the Community Corral.

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Twitter Limits Access to Friends of Friends via API

What do you think about Twitter's recent moves limiting access to data via their API? Continue

Tags: api, twitter

Started by Michael Levin Aug 23, 2012.

The Art of Community 2 Replies

I've just started reading…Continue

Tags: building, oreilly, community, of, jono

Started by Michael Levin. Last reply by Michael Levin Jan 31, 2012.

http://www.managingonlineforums.com/ 3 Replies

I just started reading the book, Managing Online Forums: Everything You Need to Know to Create and Run Successful Community Discussion Boards and the author provided a link to his website, so I…Continue

Tags: networking, discussion, community, websites

Started by John Dargan. Last reply by Patrick O'Keefe Nov 11, 2009.

Friending people on twitter 2 Replies

I have noticed that whereas someone would normally search for their friends on twitter for purpose of following them, it is also possible to use twitter as a marketing tool and a community building…Continue

Started by John Dargan. Last reply by John Dargan Nov 8, 2009.

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Welcome to Codetown!

Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.

When you create a profile for yourself you get a personal page automatically. That's where you can be creative and do your own thing. People who want to get to know you will click on your name or picture and…
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