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10 Ways to Kill an Online Community

Nov 10, 2009

1 min read

Interesting video of a talk by Marilyn Pratt. There are things to disagree with in there (the reflexive suggestion that business people are in some way less willing to learn new tools than ordinary people, for example), but some great reality checks around community development:

[Spotted via [Servant of Chaos](http://www.servantofchaos.com/2009/11/ten-ways-to-kill-community.html).]

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Adam has been a blogger for over 20 years, and a journalist for more than 25. He currently works as a consultant and trainer, helping people do better, more engaged online journalism.

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