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Who wants to be in the Denim community? | FeverBee
In this post we look at why a traditional community just isn’t suited to most companies. But elements of the community can be used in many different ways to drive positive outcomes.

The future of the internet is likely smaller communities, with a focus on curated experiences
As brands look to hold onto the internet of the past, the term “community” will become a loaded word.

Communities are not fungible
There's a default assumption baked into how Silicon Valley builds products, and it tracks against how urban planners redesign neighbourhoods: that communities are interchangeable, and if you "lose" one, you can manufacture a replacement; that the value of a group of people who share space and history can be captured

Making Business Personal
Business can be a form of activism, art, spirituality, and creative expression.

What Good Is ‘Community’ When Someone Else Makes All the Rules? (Published 2018)
Life online can offer us a sense of belonging in any number of virtual villages. But the power to control those spaces isn’t very communal at all.

We need Sustainable Free and Open Source Communities
Sustainable Free and Open Source software is not about business models, it’s about building sustainable communities.

Competition vs. Community
So, some people are going to hate me for this post, and I've said some of this before, but I really want to express it in more detail. I've been wanting to write something like this for a long time, and recently I think I've been in a mindset where I need to think through some of these thoughts anyway, so "here goes nothing".


Local Communities | The Paper Pilot
The Paper Pilot's digital garden of thoughts on philosophy, politics, and sociology
Let’s talk about money
When we were building the first version of Open Collective, we found that communities and their members often had a complex relationship…

What’s the “R0” of a New Community Idea or Behavior?
What if the real test of a community idea isn’t whether people engage with it, but whether they pass it on?

Come for the Network, Pay for the Tool
Paid groups, bespoke social networks, and the meaning of community for internet-native businesses.
Where Tech Companies Build Communities
The customizable, scalable community platform powering over 22,000 communities. Create knowledge through conversation.


The Community Artists' Collective | Non Profit | Houston, TX
The Community Artists' Collective is the catalyst which provides the inspirational and educational sources for artists and citizens so that they can use their talents and creative abilities to solve economic, cultural and social challenges in the natural and built environments in which we live, work
