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As the developer (at least attempted) of a community i can tell you I think this very quandry hits to the heart of the difficulty of my task. For example, right now, there are people looking at the site and then sending me a message that we're 'too advanced' or 'too far above them' or 'too rigorous' or 'too intense' or 'too brutal' -- and i have the choice of encouraging them to join, which often times, I'd love to. Or, letting them opt out without question, with the understanding that someone who feels that way might not fit in well to begin with.
If, by setting higher standards, and expectations i lose members that might have been fringe members anyways, i keep the discourse at a certain level, but lose a lot of the fun of a writing community.
If I lower the standards and expectations, I lose members that might otherwise have been exemplary, or discourage the sort of passion I so madly desire to engender in my friends and acquaintances.
What to do? What to do?
If, by setting higher standards, and expectations i lose members that might have been fringe members anyways, i keep the discourse at a certain level, but lose a lot of the fun of a writing community.
If I lower the standards and expectations, I lose members that might otherwise have been exemplary, or discourage the sort of passion I so madly desire to engender in my friends and acquaintances.
What to do? What to do?
- stephan
by Anstey on Apr. 28 2007