Darren McKee on LinkedIn: I’ve noticed an uptick in people getting booted from this platform. Here… | 252 comments (2024)

Reddit find... fully lives up to the lofty promise of the title. A few favorites:"12. Success comes quickly to those whom develop great powers of intense sustained concentration. The first rule is to get involved by asking focused questions.17. Life operates in reverse action to entropy. Therefore the universe is hostile to life. Progress is a continued effort to swim against the stream.24. Enthusiasm covers many deficiencies - and will make others want to associate with you.31. If there is not a conscious struggle to be honest in difficult situations, you are probably being dishonest. Characters aren’t really tested until things aren’t going well or until the stakes are high.55. Enjoy life. Treat it as an adventure. Care passionately about the outcome, but keep it in perspective. Things are seldom as bleak as they seem when they are going wrong - or as good as they seem when they are going well. Lighten up. You’ll live longer."https://lnkd.in/dkxUsN2r

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Apologies to those of you who RSVPed to our LinkedIn Live event only to have technical issues that prevented us from livestreaming! I'm sharing the recording of the video (with the bits edited out where I am swearing and playing around with every single setting I can find to get the live stream to actually work 😆). In this recording, I cover what a successful community launch really looks like, including the *5 expectations* you should have going into any launch. Are there any expectations that I missed? What other advice would you give someone launching a community for the first time?

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How do you build a community around a product?You do it by not trying to build a community.Wait, what?Instead, build a product that solves a real problem for a specific group of people. Be obsessed with making that product the best it can be for that specific group.Then, magic happens.Your early users become evangelists. They'll start talking about your product to other people who share the same problem.They become your community.You don't build a community. You attract a community by building a great product for a specific group.So, focus on your product and your early users. They'll take care of the rest.

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Did you know?💡Socialcap is designed to be community-driven, allowing each community to set its own claim types, credential prices, validation rules and badges. In this way, the protocol is flexible and can be customized to fit a wide range of use cases.

Quick update for Lat Long Labs I recently submitted a YC application and shared the video on YouTube, not expecting much. Surprisingly, the application video caught more attention than anticipated - kuddos to YouTube search finding the video. LinkedIn has been an amazingly supporting community through launching LLL, so here's one more insight into everything I'm trying.I'm going for the next big milestone—wrapping passion with business. 🚀🤞Original: https://lnkd.in/dRkA9Shf

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🔍 Understanding LinkedIn Top Voice Badges🏅This video clears up the confusion between Community Top Voice and LinkedIn Top Voice (yes, there's a difference!).It includes tips on how to earn a Community Top Voice badge.👍 Remember, be mindful of whose “expert advice” you follow. Choose wisely!#LinkedInTips #LinkedInTopVoice #CommunityTopVoice #LinkedInAdvice #CareerTips #JobSearch #ProfessionalGrowth

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Building your own community 🫂 around your product or specific topic is something everyone might have thoughts once! Whether you're a Sophom*ore college, A Tech Product founder or Open source Maintainer! This is article is for anyone who wants start their own tech community! ⚡ I've combined my experience for community and jotted the most valuable lessons in this article.https://lnkd.in/guBtZNAdDo let me know your thoughts in the comment section! 💻And for content around community follow me on LinkedIn :)#community #beginner #tech #techcommunity

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Things I've learned about building a happy community:(a) First, treat all digital avatars like real humans (because they usually are!). I always tell server owners to design their community more intentionally and put a call to action. Still, at the end of the day, people come to an online community to connect. If you see someone new, don't push; listen, ask where they are from, and see what they like. You will have a better time, learn a lot from someone completely different from you, and have fun yourself. (b) While people stay for value, they come for fun. It doesn't matter what your community is about (ours is about debugging our bot); make it fun while doing it. Gamify your community, create friendly competition, and reward users here and there (not with money, but something of value and pride). (c) An act of kindness goes a long way. Some friendships we've witnessed are formed because of random acts of kindness. One member gives another member something small (a role, a special mudae card, a nitro, or an apple in the animal crossing server) and that's all it takes for both of them to be friends!

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Reddit was a site that I used to love. It was like the ultimate forum site. You met strangers. Had wild discussions. Found content that blew your mind and made you see the world in a thousand different ways. People who meet me often say how well educated I am. I'm not really. I just spent many years voraciously digesting content from r/documentaries on everything - finding great creators like Summoning Salt, Cold Fusion and Historia Civilis. People added to Reddit because they loved it. Because it embraced what the internet should be. And it served the interest of what's best about humanity and people. Now today, all that good feeling has been poured down the drain. And I can't be the only one fed up with pictures like this. Reddit has sold the rights to use all of 'it's' content to Google for $60m. The value was never in the platform.The value was never in the tech. The value was never in the administration. The community was the value. This isn't evolution. It's robbery. https://lnkd.in/eZwEFJav

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My mistake with community building1 of my first web3 projects, I thought MORE is better. We opened discord and let 10,000 people flood in overnight. MORE, FASTER. But the conversations in the chat become spam. People were in for the money and all they're doing is spamming the chat with nonsense. Trying to steer the community after that is HARD. Until now, I couldn't fix it. It turns away true fans.For Dune 404, we're taking a more methodical approach. Slowly bringing in people and making sure the first 100 people are true fans. Not sure if it works yet, it's all theoretical. Fun side effect. By limiting access, people FOMO and actually want to join it even more!P.S. If you're a true 404 fan. I'll let you in if you leave a comment.

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