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Ever hesitated before hitting 'post' fearing your comment might come off as naive or, worse, utterly cliché? You're not alone. The Fear of Sounding Stupid (FOSS) and the Fear of Sounding Generic (FOSG) are common insecurities for many users. Have you ever held back a question or a comment in fear of appearing ignorant or too mainstream? How do you think these fears are influenced by the Dunning-Kruger effect, a cognitive bias where individuals misjudge their ability? Are our online personas shaped more by the desire for validation or the dread of negative evaluation? Does the quest for originality in digital interactions sometimes stifle …

THINK before you speak: T - is it True? H - is it Helpful? I - is it Inspiring? N - is it Necessary? K - is it Kind? Inspired by Rose Sherry of Rosieland

Dark Mode is an expectation now for the modern web. It's great to see Xenforo include this in their next feature version. More importantly for theme designers, Xenforo includes a new style variations system where colors can be dynamically updated without a page reload.

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There are several communities that I visit that are nice, casual hangout spots. They hold tremendous social value for their members to connect and bond. But I don't really know the purpose of them besides their social value - and given that these are all Internet strangers at the end of the day, it's very easy for me to walk away. They've also installed virtually the same set of plugins and themes and VIP bonuses, which makes them all blend together. What is the intentionality behind your community? How are you adjusting your design and approach so its focused on that intentionality? Just because "everyone else" has enabled a feature, doesn't m…

Lifestyle Marketing is a marketing method where marketers, businesses, and companies market a certain kind of lifestyle to their target audience rather than the product itself. You can see the best examples of Lifestyle Marketing in marketing campaigns of luxury brands. Luxury brands promote a posh lifestyle and the people who use these brands categorize themselves with the lifestyle represented by these brands. Not just with luxury brands, even for the products that are targeted towards the masses, Lifestyle Marketing is popular as the masses can relate to the lifestyle presented through the marketing campaigns.

Google is rolling out a more personalized search experience that aims to show searchers more information about what they care about directly in the search results. This is being done with several new search features, including a new Follow button, search results tailored to you, perspectives results updates, creator snippets and more. Follow button in Google Search Google is rolling out a new “Follow” button in Google search that aims at keeping you up to date on topics that you want to keep coming back to search for. The follow button allows searchers to essentially subscribe to topics where Google can show searchers content on that topic Article by …

Google has rolled out ranking improvements aimed at showcasing more content from social media, blog posts, forums and more that share personal insights and experiences. This is the hidden gems announcement Google made back in May, but this update is not part of the helpful content system. Hidden gems. Google said these “hidden gems” are when people share their first-hand knowledge and their own personal insights and experiences with others on the public web. Google wants to highlight such content in its search results and search interfaces. Not a core or helpful content update. When Google initially announced the hidden gems ranking topic, it mentioned that it …

(This actually applies as much to general situations in the world as much as it does to community building). Community are asked to solve a lot of problems every day. Making these kinds of decisions is context dependent. If you go into every situation using the same tactics, you’re going to wind up frustrated when your playbook no longer works. What are some ways to problem solve? Adventurer: You make decisions quickly and trust your gut. When faced with a challenge, big or small, you’d rather do what feels right than spend your valuable time thinking through all the choices. You know who you are and what you want — so you aren’t afraid to go g…

Not talking about the editor, although WYSIWYG is widely applied to the editor. I'm talking about the community experience in general. Simplicity is a powerful and proven psychological strategy, where sometimes less is more. Many physical stores offer reward cards, loyalty programs, or coupons. Aldi, a major grocery chain, doesn't do any of that. It offers one simple price that you pay. It also means they don't they need to pay for expensive marketing and staffing costs, and customers don't have to mix-and-match their coupon books and online coupons to figure out how to save $0.50 on cereal. What are ways in which you send out a simple message…

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Why is the review system shut down . I want to know peoples reviews on a app, plugin, theme HERE without going around 10 sites to find out if I am interested in one? My two cent Chris

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Hello Everyone, First and foremost, allow me to introduce myself. I have been involved in the field of IPS (Invision Community) design since 2010. Unfortunately, due to a health issue I faced, I had to take a prolonged break from working with IPS. In 2019, I, along with my fellow colleagues, decided to create the xentr.net website to showcase our experiences with XenForo and have been actively developing various plugins and designs on this platform ever since. I have now decided to return to my roots, focusing on IPS once again. In this pursuit, I aim to adapt the designs we've crafted for XenForo and new themes to the IPS system. Our new IPS website : http…

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Do you or your organization / community have one of these pitfalls? Aversion to making choices Reliance on heroic employees Shiny object syndrome Disengaged middle management / community moderators Casual relationship with other people's time Comfort with collateral damage - not recognizing the impact of changes to parts of the organization or community People fear / dread coming in to help People-pleasing in management gatherings Tolerance for misalignment Delusions of meritocracy Inspired by Harvard Business Review

Most content creators and audience builders need a website builder like any other, with emphasis on good context, navigation, and UIX with some extra community features. Maybe our community platforms are building for too much conversation, not enough for action or takeaways. What do you think? Inspired by Rosie Sherry from Continuous Community

An interesting personal essay on how the party might be over for social media for millennials, who were the first major generation to embrace social connectivity https://www.wired.com/story/first-gen-social-media-users-have-nowhere-to-go/ Some interesting perspectives on social media: - Prioritizing hype over lasting influence - Up to the second real time news and analysis - Appearance of social connection

When we log in to this online community, what are we seeking: brilliant ideas or meaningful relationships? It’s like choosing between the engine and the wheels of a car. Both are essential, but which drives us to come back every day? Do shared ideas light up your dashboard, giving you that 'Eureka!' moment in our discussions? Or is it the shared relationships, the familiar usernames, and the supportive replies that act like the GPS guiding you through? How can we balance both to cruise smoothly on the information superhighway of our community?

There are mentors: people that you admire and respect and follow as a role model. Then there are the anti-mentors: people who can still teach us incredibly valuable lessons by exemplifying not the good behaviors, but the wrong ones. What are some behaviors that you vow not to do, because you've seen the first-hand damage caused by their leadership? Inspired by The Management Consultant

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We all deal with a lot of headaches and issues in our lives in running our communities. Is it mostly real or mostly imaged? Solve the real problems, release the imaginary ones. Inspired by James Clear

Not actually a custom request of mine, but this resource spawned from a request someone made over on the IC site last year - it died at the point of proof-of-concept due to reasons. I am looking for some testers to access my test site and be hit with an annoying advertisements delivery method - basically to see if they can make it break. Interested in being annoyed by visiting a website? PM me for details.

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Actually, this might be the wrong question. Instead of focusing on what needs to be automated, we should ask what needs to stay human.