Comments on: Community or Not a Community? http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/community-or-not-a-community/ a world uncommon Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:03:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: Nomadic Learner - » Defining Community: An Online Facilitation Group Discussion http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/community-or-not-a-community/comment-page-1/#comment-2073 Nomadic Learner - » Defining Community: An Online Facilitation Group Discussion Tue, 20 Feb 2007 01:26:09 +0000 http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/02/community-or-not-a-community/#comment-2073 [...] Community or Not a Community? Quote from the post: Sometimes what we’re calling communities are in fact arguments, or conversations, or people who happen to like the same brand of orange juice. Comments: Chas Grundy suggested: as The Cluetrain Manifesto says, “markets are conversations.” As I see it, “community” is a euphemism for a market. Comments: Tara responded: right…but by ‘market’, the Cluetrain authors meant more ‘marketplace’ rather than the seller to buyer…meaning that marketplaces are full of conversations…between customers and that is what should be heeded. Community isn’t and won’t ever be a euphemism for market. Community should mean people bonded in some deeper form to work towards something better, safer, more desirable. Sometimes a commercial entity is involved, but I can’t think of a single instance where it is the central force that unites. [...] [...] Community or Not a Community? Quote from the post: Sometimes what we’re calling communities are in fact arguments, or conversations, or people who happen to like the same brand of orange juice. Comments: Chas Grundy suggested: as The Cluetrain Manifesto says, “markets are conversations.” As I see it, “community” is a euphemism for a market. Comments: Tara responded: right…but by ‘market’, the Cluetrain authors meant more ‘marketplace’ rather than the seller to buyer…meaning that marketplaces are full of conversations…between customers and that is what should be heeded. Community isn’t and won’t ever be a euphemism for market. Community should mean people bonded in some deeper form to work towards something better, safer, more desirable. Sometimes a commercial entity is involved, but I can’t think of a single instance where it is the central force that unites. [...]

]]> By: miss rogue http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/community-or-not-a-community/comment-page-1/#comment-723 miss rogue Sat, 03 Feb 2007 03:53:29 +0000 http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/02/community-or-not-a-community/#comment-723 Right...but by 'market', the cluetrain authors meant more 'marketplace' rather than the seller to buyer...meaning that marketplaces are full of conversations...<em>between customers</em> and that is what should be heeded. Community isn't and won't ever be a euphemism for market. Community should mean people bonded in some deeper form to work towards something better, safer, more desirable. Sometimes a commercial entity is involved, but I can't think of a single instance where it is the central force that unites. Right…but by ‘market’, the cluetrain authors meant more ‘marketplace’ rather than the seller to buyer…meaning that marketplaces are full of conversations…between customers and that is what should be heeded.

Community isn’t and won’t ever be a euphemism for market. Community should mean people bonded in some deeper form to work towards something better, safer, more desirable. Sometimes a commercial entity is involved, but I can’t think of a single instance where it is the central force that unites.

]]> By: Chas Grundy http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/community-or-not-a-community/comment-page-1/#comment-722 Chas Grundy Sat, 03 Feb 2007 03:35:13 +0000 http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/02/community-or-not-a-community/#comment-722 As <a href="http://cluetrain.com/" rel="nofollow">The Cluetrain Manifesto</a> says, "markets are conversations." As I see it, "community" is a euphemism for a market. As The Cluetrain Manifesto says, “markets are conversations.” As I see it, “community” is a euphemism for a market.

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