Guidelines, advice and shared experience in managing online communities

Chances to beat Zuckerberg at his own game donโt come around too often but owners of private social networks have a glorious opportunity right now.

There’s a wide variety of reasons why people might want to start their own social network; privacy is a dominant one. Whatever you’re interested in…

Google’s autocomplete tool is a great way to find out what people want to know about certain topics. It completes your words and sentences, based…

At a glance, it might look like Facebook is your only option if you want to effectively incorporate social networking into your business’ online marketing…

Good design helps a website stand out; even more importantly, it increases engagement and the amount of time a user will spend on your site.…

Facebook is, for the most part, not a particularly good representation of what people’s lives are really like; their profiles represent how they want to…

A few days ago, Reginald Braithwaite posted an excellent piece titled “So Long, Reddit,” in which he stated that he would no longer contribute to…

You’ve got mail…and new mentions…and new direct messages…

Have you ever wanted to create a social network that looks like Facebook, acts like Facebook but is all yours? Your community. Your topic. Your…