Comments on: Managing change in online communities http://www.cre8d-design.com/blog/2008/02/17/managing-change-in-online-communities/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:57:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: promosyon şapka http://www.cre8d-design.com/blog/2008/02/17/managing-change-in-online-communities/#comment-24856 promosyon şapka Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:54:54 +0000 http://www.cre8d-design.com/blog/2008/02/17/managing-change-in-online-communities/#comment-24856 Thanks Thanks

]]> By: Managing change in online communities - Part 2 | cre8d design: blog design, Wordpress themes, Drupal, Web 2.0 http://www.cre8d-design.com/blog/2008/02/17/managing-change-in-online-communities/#comment-11544 Managing change in online communities - Part 2 | cre8d design: blog design, Wordpress themes, Drupal, Web 2.0 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:42:28 +0000 http://www.cre8d-design.com/blog/2008/02/17/managing-change-in-online-communities/#comment-11544 [...] Read part 1 first [...] [...] Read part 1 first [...]

]]> By: Leap blogging at Bene Diction Blogs On http://www.cre8d-design.com/blog/2008/02/17/managing-change-in-online-communities/#comment-11463 Leap blogging at Bene Diction Blogs On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:18:01 +0000 http://www.cre8d-design.com/blog/2008/02/17/managing-change-in-online-communities/#comment-11463 [...] Rachel Cunliffe has a post on online communities and change. Meanwhile, in an online community I help run, we made a number of changes about a month ago after much thought and research. One was adding a new feature to vote up or down others’ comments in a forum. Another was moving the forum options sidebar from the left to the right of the screen. [...] [...] Rachel Cunliffe has a post on online communities and change. Meanwhile, in an online community I help run, we made a number of changes about a month ago after much thought and research. One was adding a new feature to vote up or down others’ comments in a forum. Another was moving the forum options sidebar from the left to the right of the screen. [...]

]]> By: Pete http://www.cre8d-design.com/blog/2008/02/17/managing-change-in-online-communities/#comment-11399 Pete Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:46:38 +0000 http://www.cre8d-design.com/blog/2008/02/17/managing-change-in-online-communities/#comment-11399 Good piece, Rachel. We has a huge platform change at [blog provider I work for] a while back and it caused havoc - the new platform wasn't as good as the old one, and it should have never been implemented. But it was. Reactions were mixed but a surprising number of people stuck with it out of loyalty despite the negative changes, while others left quickly. What was interesting to me was that the reactions to this change which was undoubtedly a bad one (but don't tell my boss!) were much the same as what you have written above, even though those were to positive new features. Over time however everyone left and now I mainly look after tumble-weeds and Chinese spammers. I guess change is something you really have to get right. I like the survey idea, because the users are the key to any community and they're usually vocal and like to know they're being heard. Look forward to reading part two (especially as the bland uniformity of HCI "Gurus" makes me want to scream. Especially Jakob Neilsen. He is public enemy number one.) Good piece, Rachel. We has a huge platform change at [blog provider I work for] a while back and it caused havoc - the new platform wasn’t as good as the old one, and it should have never been implemented. But it was. Reactions were mixed but a surprising number of people stuck with it out of loyalty despite the negative changes, while others left quickly. What was interesting to me was that the reactions to this change which was undoubtedly a bad one (but don’t tell my boss!) were much the same as what you have written above, even though those were to positive new features. Over time however everyone left and now I mainly look after tumble-weeds and Chinese spammers. I guess change is something you really have to get right. I like the survey idea, because the users are the key to any community and they’re usually vocal and like to know they’re being heard.

Look forward to reading part two (especially as the bland uniformity of HCI “Gurus” makes me want to scream. Especially Jakob Neilsen. He is public enemy number one.)

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