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Go to CommunityNext
Published on 18/01/07
by willpate
If you know someone who is trying to figure out what this whole “online community” thing is all about, send them to register for CommunityNext. On February 10th at Stanford University, the people I’ve learned from will be laying down the truth on how to do it right. If you want to get your brand in front of a small group of influential online gatekeepers and tastemakers, may I suggest sponsorship.
I’ve been to enough conferences to have a pretty good idea ahead of time when one is going to be really special. I’m even considering paying out of my own pocket to go, if this blog post doesn’t convince a few of you to sign up or sponsor and tell em Will Pate sent you.
It’s no surprise to me that such a conference is being run by my friend Noah Kagan, who was part of the early Facebook team, after stints at Intel and Microsoft. Noah’s putting on the exact conference, with the same speakers that I’d want to put on if I was in his shoes.
Hope I see you there 
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Evan Hamilton
18/01/07
I’ll definitely be there, I’m really excited to hear what people have to say. Tara Hunt’s blog post (http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/01/08/what-is-community-anyway/) is an exciting precursor to the discussion. I’m not sure there are answers in that blog, but there’s a refreshing acknowledgment that community is not a graph showing what the average set of people who answered x about y are partial to. It’s complicated, ever-changing, and most importantly: personal.
There’s no way to have a successful community that you treat as numbers, or as an afterthought. If I had time, I would hang out with every Flockstar and every fan of my band…that’s really how it should be done. It’s how a lot of bands who never get that record deal last a long time…they know their fans and therefore always have a couch to sleep on and a bunch of people screaming their name.
A great example of this are my friends Fighting Chance (www.myspace.com/fightingchance). These are guys who love to hang out and have a drink with their fans, and that’s why they’re getting more popular all the time, not because they spend hours pouring over charts explaining who likes reggae-influenced music. More people need to think (and play) like them.
-Evan Hamilton
http://www.monstersarenotmyths.com
http://www.flock.com
noah kagan
19/02/07
God your picture looks hot;)
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11/11/08
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