Comments on: What would the best community app be like? http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/what-would-the-best-community-app-be-like A blog and forum community for helping entrepreneurs young at heart better their small businesses. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: car insurance qoutes http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/what-would-the-best-community-app-be-like/comment-page-1#comment-60572 car insurance qoutes Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:27:18 +0000 http://www.younggogetter.com/2007/02/09/what-would-the-best-community-app-be-like/#comment-60572 Warm greetings! Thanks for all the information, a very nice and well done site! Cheers. Warm greetings! Thanks for all the information, a very nice and well done site! Cheers.

]]> By: AltaGid http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/what-would-the-best-community-app-be-like/comment-page-1#comment-9034 AltaGid Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:24:20 +0000 http://www.younggogetter.com/2007/02/09/what-would-the-best-community-app-be-like/#comment-9034 Hello! Help solve the problem. Very often try to enter the forum, but says that the password is not correct. Regrettably use of remembering. Give like to be? Thank you! Hello! Help solve the problem.
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]]> By: UPDATE: What would the best community app be like? -- Young Go Getter http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/what-would-the-best-community-app-be-like/comment-page-1#comment-480 UPDATE: What would the best community app be like? -- Young Go Getter Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:08:25 +0000 http://www.younggogetter.com/2007/02/09/what-would-the-best-community-app-be-like/#comment-480 [...] Design Meltdown mentioned an appllication yesterday that was new to me. It’s called Community Server and seems to be heading in the direction that my original post stated. [...] [...] Design Meltdown mentioned an appllication yesterday that was new to me. It’s called Community Server and seems to be heading in the direction that my original post stated. [...]

]]> By: Travis http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/what-would-the-best-community-app-be-like/comment-page-1#comment-326 Travis Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:37:42 +0000 http://www.younggogetter.com/2007/02/09/what-would-the-best-community-app-be-like/#comment-326 Hey Brian, I agree Drupal is a great CMS. All of the available ports and modules are nearly perfect replications of Wordpress, vBulletin, etc... It's excellent at combining several applications to create a portal or using one at a time as a stand-alone app. I just don't see that as the <i>next</i> community. What do you think Drupal does and doesn't do well? That might help in our description of the ultimate app. Hey Brian,
I agree Drupal is a great CMS. All of the available ports and modules are nearly perfect replications of Wordpress, vBulletin, etc…

It’s excellent at combining several applications to create a portal or using one at a time as a stand-alone app.

I just don’t see that as the next community.

What do you think Drupal does and doesn’t do well? That might help in our description of the ultimate app.

]]> By: Brian http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/what-would-the-best-community-app-be-like/comment-page-1#comment-321 Brian Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:46:22 +0000 http://www.younggogetter.com/2007/02/09/what-would-the-best-community-app-be-like/#comment-321 Hi, Drupal has built some great community apps that allow for "book-type" collaboration, varying user roles and permissions, and ultimately allows contributors to achieve much of what you mention above, "Developing relationships, achievements, recognition, restitution in some form, and a personal brand, are the essential elements of a community" Some of Drupal's community modules will allow users to organize their own groups, make money from their own work/pages (like using a 50/50% Adsense split model or other ad 50/50% split), and allows users/contributors to build relationships within their own communities. Everything you mention is doable with some tweaking of modules - plus if you still want to keep a general forum, you can still use Drupal's vBulletin module or the forum that comes with Drupal. Soulcast.com has some of these elements, although it's built using Ruby on Rails. You can find more on Drupal community sites by just doing some Google queries for related terms rather than me listing them here... Hi,
Drupal has built some great community apps that allow for “book-type” collaboration, varying user roles and permissions, and ultimately allows contributors to achieve much of what you mention above,

“Developing relationships, achievements, recognition, restitution in some form, and a personal brand, are the essential elements of a community”

Some of Drupal’s community modules will allow users to organize their own groups, make money from their own work/pages (like using a 50/50% Adsense split model or other ad 50/50% split), and allows users/contributors to build relationships within their own communities.

Everything you mention is doable with some tweaking of modules – plus if you still want to keep a general forum, you can still use Drupal’s vBulletin module or the forum that comes with Drupal.

Soulcast.com has some of these elements, although it’s built using Ruby on Rails.

You can find more on Drupal community sites by just doing some Google queries for related terms rather than me listing them here…

]]> By: Travis http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/what-would-the-best-community-app-be-like/comment-page-1#comment-312 Travis Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:24:27 +0000 http://www.younggogetter.com/2007/02/09/what-would-the-best-community-app-be-like/#comment-312 Yeah, they're going in the right direction for building their community. But no one else can use it. What I'd like to do is build a community application that anyone can use. The Wordpress of discussion forums has yet to have been created. Yeah, they’re going in the right direction for building their community. But no one else can use it.

What I’d like to do is build a community application that anyone can use. The Wordpress of discussion forums has yet to have been created.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/what-would-the-best-community-app-be-like/comment-page-1#comment-310 Aaron Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:13:22 +0000 http://www.younggogetter.com/2007/02/09/what-would-the-best-community-app-be-like/#comment-310 Although SUN is similar to other forums they have done a lot of customization to the standard forum that offers more options and ability than the other currently existing platforms. I think they've taken a step in the right direction. Although SUN is similar to other forums they have done a lot of customization to the standard forum that offers more options and ability than the other currently existing platforms.

I think they’ve taken a step in the right direction.

]]> By: Travis http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/what-would-the-best-community-app-be-like/comment-page-1#comment-308 Travis Sat, 10 Feb 2007 01:30:32 +0000 http://www.younggogetter.com/2007/02/09/what-would-the-best-community-app-be-like/#comment-308 How far have you gone in developing such a community Ryan? How far have you gone in developing such a community Ryan?

]]> By: Ryan Christensen http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/what-would-the-best-community-app-be-like/comment-page-1#comment-304 Ryan Christensen Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:46:50 +0000 http://www.younggogetter.com/2007/02/09/what-would-the-best-community-app-be-like/#comment-304 Oddly enough, this is an issue that I've devoted a substantial amount of thought to with few (if any) real "answers". That in mind, I'll be watching this thread with great interest... Oddly enough, this is an issue that I’ve devoted a substantial amount of thought to with few (if any) real “answers”. That in mind, I’ll be watching this thread with great interest…

]]> By: Travis http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/what-would-the-best-community-app-be-like/comment-page-1#comment-300 Travis Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:52:56 +0000 http://www.younggogetter.com/2007/02/09/what-would-the-best-community-app-be-like/#comment-300 Startup Nation is a great community, but everything is still isolated. The articles tie into the forum only by allowing you to start a thread about the article. The forum looks and works just like everyone elses. I'm not saying that YGG's doesn't. We're in the same boat as them. Where I see this dream community is everyone takes the role of an author like a blog, but everyone can discuss their posts like a forum as well. Corporations could use this for internal communications, communities like ours for discussions, companies for questions and tech support, charities for brainstorming. Startup Nation uses individual apps like we did and currently do. That's not how I see this future community app. It's a platform that can be customized by anyone a million different ways like Wordpress, and also allows anyone to start and join a conversation on a deeper level. Startup Nation is a great community, but everything is still isolated. The articles tie into the forum only by allowing you to start a thread about the article.

The forum looks and works just like everyone elses. I’m not saying that YGG’s doesn’t. We’re in the same boat as them.

Where I see this dream community is everyone takes the role of an author like a blog, but everyone can discuss their posts like a forum as well.

Corporations could use this for internal communications, communities like ours for discussions, companies for questions and tech support, charities for brainstorming.

Startup Nation uses individual apps like we did and currently do. That’s not how I see this future community app.

It’s a platform that can be customized by anyone a million different ways like Wordpress, and also allows anyone to start and join a conversation on a deeper level.

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