http://sophistry.org/2006/07/31/popularity-and-personality-in-online-communities/ Jeff Durland's views on certain matters, not excluding editorial communications, Web usability, writing, food, and wine. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:59:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.6 http://sophistry.org/2006/07/31/popularity-and-personality-in-online-communities/#comment-4074 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:48:59 +0000 http://sophistry.org/2006/07/31/popularity-and-personality-in-online-communities/#comment-4074 <p>[...] Instead, it was mostly a review of the community aspects of that site and an attempt to explain its appeal. You’ve seen me take a look (twice) at what I think makes a site like Metafilter work and a site like Yahoo! Answers fail. Let’s see how the factors I describe compare with those described in the Slate article. [...]</p> […] Instead, it was mostly a review of the community aspects of that site and an attempt to explain its appeal. You’ve seen me take a look (twice) at what I think makes a site like Metafilter work and a site like Yahoo! Answers fail. Let’s see how the factors I describe compare with those described in the Slate article. […]

]]> http://sophistry.org/2006/07/31/popularity-and-personality-in-online-communities/#comment-31 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 13:25:05 +0000 http://sophistry.org/2006/07/31/popularity-and-personality-in-online-communities/#comment-31 <p>It's exactly what I'm talking about. Yahoo! answers didn't have a predetermined group of people who would post there, or a well-understood base of expertise, it just had a well-known platform.</p> It’s exactly what I’m talking about. Yahoo! answers didn’t have a predetermined group of people who would post there, or a well-understood base of expertise, it just had a well-known platform.

]]> http://sophistry.org/2006/07/31/popularity-and-personality-in-online-communities/#comment-30 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 12:55:41 +0000 http://sophistry.org/2006/07/31/popularity-and-personality-in-online-communities/#comment-30 <p>How do you think this "tipping point" idea relates to the flop that is Yahoo! Answers when compared to something like Ask Metafilter.</p> How do you think this “tipping point” idea relates to the flop that is Yahoo! Answers when compared to something like Ask Metafilter.

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