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Orkut Updates their Communities Service

Neil Vidyarthi — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:31:18 +0000

Orkut, that oft-forgotten social network owned and operated by Google, is still a huge deal in India and Brazil. The network never caught on here, but the website has 66 million active users around the world, with 59% of its users in Brazil and 27% in India. That’s a lot of social networking. The social network recently revamped their communities features, and have added a few new features.

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Lunch.com Launches DIY Social Network Tool for Websites and Blogs

Neil Glassman — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:00:29 +0000

Lunch.com, a website where members can create free review communities, today announced the launch of the Lunch Network, letting websites and blogs create turnkey content communities integrated into their existing sites.

The Lunch platform serves all of the content, features and functionality of an interconnected network of interest-based communities, which exist on theirrespective domains. Content flows freely across all Network Communities that share related topics, offering content scaling as well as relevant exposure. continued…

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The Golden Rule of Online Communities

Nick O'Neill — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:31:10 +0000

When trying to determine what to do for your online community, ask yourself what you would do if the same thing happened off-line. Today while speaking at the Boomer Business Summit, we listened to a lot of people ask about managing their online communities. Some were large and others were small but they all had similar questions about how to handle various things happening in their community. One individual asked about highlighting individuals in the community and the rules about reposting their articles on the site.

To the person who asked about highlighting community members and their articles, the solution was simple: ask them for permission. After a series of questions I finally realized that if these people only asked themselves how they would handle a similar issue off of the internet they could easily find a solution. Those that explore online communication as some sort of foreign territory will fail at communicating effectively.

The reality is that the rules for success that apply online are the same ones that exist offline. The only difference is that online, things have become more transparent and your intentions will become more obvious. As Gary Vaynerchuk emphasized yesterday, good people will succeed in this digital world.

So to reiterate my point, when you come across an issue that you need a solution for, first ask yourself how you would handle this issue off line. The same rules apply. That’s the golden rule.Ã‚ Do you agree? Do you think things should be handled differently online?

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