Comments on: Communities as Parties http://www.serviceuntitled.com/communities-as-parties/2008/02/13/ The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:35:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Success http://www.serviceuntitled.com/communities-as-parties/2008/02/13/comment-page-1/#comment-592860 Success Wed, 07 May 2008 05:28:31 +0000 http://www.serviceuntitled.com/communities-as-parties/2008/02/13/#comment-592860 I guess the main difference between parties and communities is alcohol. A party can be a good way to achieve certain objectives but if the booze is flowing the unpredictability of the event rises exponentially! Best to keep to communities. I guess the main difference between parties and communities is alcohol. A party can be a good way to achieve certain objectives but if the booze is flowing the unpredictability of the event rises exponentially! Best to keep to communities.

]]> By: Service Untitled » Book Review: Managing Online Forums - customer service and customer service experience blog http://www.serviceuntitled.com/communities-as-parties/2008/02/13/comment-page-1/#comment-536298 Service Untitled » Book Review: Managing Online Forums - customer service and customer service experience blog Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:06:23 +0000 http://www.serviceuntitled.com/communities-as-parties/2008/02/13/#comment-536298 [...] More on Service Untitled: For some more information about communities, check out this post about looking at communities like parties. « Stop Sending Emails When They’re Unnecessary   [...] [...] More on Service Untitled: For some more information about communities, check out this post about looking at communities like parties. « Stop Sending Emails When They’re Unnecessary   [...]

]]> By: Tina Anderson http://www.serviceuntitled.com/communities-as-parties/2008/02/13/comment-page-1/#comment-513925 Tina Anderson Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:23:15 +0000 http://www.serviceuntitled.com/communities-as-parties/2008/02/13/#comment-513925 Great analogy. This idea applies to both online communities and actual communities. I think we should have cocktail parties at the office more often. That would help employee morale. Great analogy. This idea applies to both online communities and actual communities. I think we should have cocktail parties at the office more often. That would help employee morale.

]]> By: Og så alligevel… » Online communities work like parties http://www.serviceuntitled.com/communities-as-parties/2008/02/13/comment-page-1/#comment-453955 Og så alligevel… » Online communities work like parties Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:31:10 +0000 http://www.serviceuntitled.com/communities-as-parties/2008/02/13/#comment-453955 [...] Recently, I’ve come across several blog posts using the metaphor of a good party to describe well-functioning online communities. Paraphrasing Matt Mullenweg, founder of the Wordpress project, Service Untitled sums up the metaphor thus: Parties that are successful bring the right number of people together. Those people end up having a good time and having fun. They will hopefully come for whatever their purpose is and achieve that sort of goal (having fun, learning, meeting people, etc.). When people achieve their particular goals and have fun, they leave feeling happy. [...] [...] Recently, I’ve come across several blog posts using the metaphor of a good party to describe well-functioning online communities. Paraphrasing Matt Mullenweg, founder of the WordPress project, Service Untitled sums up the metaphor thus: Parties that are successful bring the right number of people together. Those people end up having a good time and having fun. They will hopefully come for whatever their purpose is and achieve that sort of goal (having fun, learning, meeting people, etc.). When people achieve their particular goals and have fun, they leave feeling happy. [...]

]]> By: Tiago Dória Weblog » Blog Archive » Comunidades são como festas e softwares como música http://www.serviceuntitled.com/communities-as-parties/2008/02/13/comment-page-1/#comment-451165 Tiago Dória Weblog » Blog Archive » Comunidades são como festas e softwares como música Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:02:50 +0000 http://www.serviceuntitled.com/communities-as-parties/2008/02/13/#comment-451165 [...] Recentemente, em uma palestra sobre o funcionamento das comunidades, ele as comparou a festas. Veja se não faz sentido? Segundo ele, é só trocar o termo festa por comunidade, convidado por membro e host por administrador da comunidade. [...] [...] Recentemente, em uma palestra sobre o funcionamento das comunidades, ele as comparou a festas. Veja se não faz sentido? Segundo ele, é só trocar o termo festa por comunidade, convidado por membro e host por administrador da comunidade. [...]

]]> By: Service Untitled http://www.serviceuntitled.com/communities-as-parties/2008/02/13/comment-page-1/#comment-444947 Service Untitled Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:46:33 +0000 http://www.serviceuntitled.com/communities-as-parties/2008/02/13/#comment-444947 Bob, Ha, this post isn't saying to have cocktail parties at the office, but if it persuades someone to let you, more power to you I suppose! Bob,

Ha, this post isn’t saying to have cocktail parties at the office, but if it persuades someone to let you, more power to you I suppose!

]]> By: Bob Stewart http://www.serviceuntitled.com/communities-as-parties/2008/02/13/comment-page-1/#comment-443450 Bob Stewart Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:53:22 +0000 http://www.serviceuntitled.com/communities-as-parties/2008/02/13/#comment-443450 Well this makes perfect sense. I was always good at hosting, participating, moving effortlessly through a party. We've got a decent party on our hands at ActiveRain and we see all of the manifestations of your analogy there. Now if I could just get the guys to let me have a cocktail at the office, we'd really be talking...........I'm petitioning for fridays to be cocktail day. I'll be pointing to this post to support my efforts :-) Well this makes perfect sense. I was always good at hosting, participating, moving effortlessly through a party. We’ve got a decent party on our hands at ActiveRain and we see all of the manifestations of your analogy there. Now if I could just get the guys to let me have a cocktail at the office, we’d really be talking………..I’m petitioning for fridays to be cocktail day. I’ll be pointing to this post to support my efforts :-)

]]> By: BloomBurst - The Official Vox Pop Design Blog » Blog Archive » Communities as Parties http://www.serviceuntitled.com/communities-as-parties/2008/02/13/comment-page-1/#comment-441457 BloomBurst - The Official Vox Pop Design Blog » Blog Archive » Communities as Parties Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:30:03 +0000 http://www.serviceuntitled.com/communities-as-parties/2008/02/13/#comment-441457 [...] I recently saw a post recapping a talk by Matt Mullenweg, which linked to a fantastic older piece by Commoncraft. I sometimes find it very hard to articulate why its in a geek’s best interest to socialize. After all, the reason that many of us set out in careers dedicated to bits and bytes was to minimize prolonged exposure to human interaction. However, the afore mentioned pieces detail a simile apt for exploring why communities exist. The revelation? Communities are like parties. [...] [...] I recently saw a post recapping a talk by Matt Mullenweg, which linked to a fantastic older piece by Commoncraft. I sometimes find it very hard to articulate why its in a geek’s best interest to socialize. After all, the reason that many of us set out in careers dedicated to bits and bytes was to minimize prolonged exposure to human interaction. However, the afore mentioned pieces detail a simile apt for exploring why communities exist. The revelation? Communities are like parties. [...]

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