What Drives an Active Online Community? July 30, 2008
You do with your comments!
When I give talks about the value of blogs, I always brag about how active the rain city guide community is, but I hadn’t thought to try quantify it until I saw John Cook’s post this morning.
Over the past 3+ years, we’ve had 30,802 comments from 1,744 posts!
This is an [...]
Subscribe to Comments via Email March 7, 2007
I just installed a long requested plugin that allows a user (YOU!) to subscribe to comments on any given post. The idea is that after you’ve written a comment you can opt to also be notified via email every time a new comment is added to that post. It is not for everyone, [...]
The Big List of RCG Plugins October 3, 2006
My list is a little longer than Greg’s…
Akismet. A must for WP blogs… I’ve complained in the past how their service is somewhat of a blackhole and I can’t seem to rescue a few of the people who leave comments on RCG from the Akismet spam filter. Nonetheless, the service catches hundreds of spam messages [...]
Just because users can post doesn’t mean they will August 18, 2006
In spite of all the hype for social websites, there have been a rash of noble attempts that come up short recently. No one has quite figured out the right way to start an open dialog about individual homes yet.
ShackYack, “the only real estate site where you can comment and rate the product, just [...]
Inspiring People to Comment July 22, 2006
The total number of comments on a post is probably one of the better indicators that a blog post met the interestingness test.
Here are the top 10 most commented on posts on RCG:
8 Common Mistakes Made By Real Estate Bloggers - 70 comments
You Have to Wonder…. - 66 comments
Paying for the Privilege [...]
What is more dangerous: censorship or self-censorship? July 19, 2006
At yesterday’s seminar, the issue of liability came up (as it always does) with many agents worried that they could get in legal danger for content that they write on a blog. My summary of what Russ is able to say quite eloquently is that the type of content that is legally appropriate for [...]
Website Owners Not Liable for Comments June 6, 2006
Considering this issue comes up every time Russ and I speak in front of an audience (including yesterday), I thought it would be interesting to share that the courts have been consistently ruling that blog owners are not legally responsible for the comments on their site, even if they moderate…
It happens all too often that [...]
There’s a Person Behind that Blog May 17, 2006
Robert Scoble (the excellent Microsoft blogger) has been writing about the pain of watching his mother die.
One of the things that shocked him was that even while he’s describing these events, people are still sending him PR pitches for new products. He follows up these comments by saying he doesn’t mind receiving product [...]
Should RCG Allow Anonymous Comments? February 24, 2006
In my mind, the best thing about Rain City Guide is that the site has grown into a wonderful community with a constant stream of interesting posts and comments. In no way do I want to mess with this!
However, I’m a slightly concerned with the rise in anonymous commenters on Rain City Guide because [...]
