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KarenCravens
Karen Cravens

Thu

Jun 14
2001

04:59Z

Brainstorming

Pursuant to tonight's chat, we're addressing Phoenyx members, 
and their needs.  We're using _Community Building on the Web_, 
by Amy Jo Kim, and we're in Chapter 1 right now.

We've tentatively got three types of members:  gamemasters, 
players, and lurkers, and we'll probably be doing some surveys and 
whatnot to try to get some feedback on what they're really like.

Meanwhile, some brainstorming is in order.  Per the book, "don't 
censor your thoughts: the purpose is to write down everything you 
can think of that your members might look for and possibly find in 
your community."

And these are the questions:  "Why are they coming to [our] 
community? Are they looking for something specific? What can 
[our] community do for them?"

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MeeraBarry
Meera Barry

Thu

Jun 14
2001

05:13Z

Brainstorming

>And these are the questions:  "Why are they coming to [our]
>community? Are they looking for something specific? What can
>[our] community do for them?"

         Are the answers you want more of inclusion or exclusion?

         You can find out some about who the survey takers and
         the active  (by posting) members of your community are
         with surveys, but it's just as important to decide who you
         do and don't want to have.    That's a meta-brainstorm
         (my current job does community-building training) I'm
         afraid, but I'll think some more to add on this that isn't
         just methodology...

         I'm sorry I missed the conversation again; I'm in the middle
         of trying to sell my house, buy a new one, and I'm quitting
         my job Friday so things have been hectic.

\\ Mb \\
mabarry@xpert.net

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MJasonKnight
M. Jason Knight

Fri

Jun 15
2001

05:02Z

Brainstorming

On 13 Jun 01, at 23:13, Meera Barry wrote:

>          Are the answers you want more of inclusion or exclusion?

Mommmm, she's censoring her thoughts.
 

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MJasonKnight
M. Jason Knight

Fri

Jun 15
2001

05:06Z

Brainstorming

On 13 Jun 01, at 22:59, Karen Cravens wrote:

> Meanwhile, some brainstorming is in order.  Per the book, "don't
> censor your thoughts: the purpose is to write down everything you can
> think of that your members might look for and possibly find in your
> community."

Going first means I get to take all the easy answers.
 
> And these are the questions:  "Why are they coming to [our] 
> community? Are they looking for something specific? What can 
> [our] community do for them?"

They're coming because they want free mailing lists.
They're coming because they're looking for games and Phoenyx 
and Irony always get mentioned in the same breath, which isn't 
necessarily a good thing because Irony, at least, sucks big, 
mossy rocks.
They're coming because they like [insert game or property] and it 
turned up on a search.
They're coming because they were looking for pr0n (this answer 
applies to every web site that's ever been referenced by a search 
engine and most that haven't).

Some are not looking for anything specific, they're just browsing.
Some are looking for an opening in a specific game.
Some are looking for an opening in any game as long as it goes at 
least three or four weeks before the gamemaster disappears.
Some are looking for players.
Some are looking for an opening, and decide to look for players 
when they don't find one.
Some are looking for candy recipes.
Some are looking for web forums.
Some are looking for a place to advertise their game.
Some are looking for a dotcom to buy.
Some are still looking for pr0n.

We could provide free mailing lists requiring no technical skills 
whatsoever.
We could provide advertising.
We could provide openings.
We could provide openings that can be easily found.
We could provide openings announcements that are culled for 
duplicates (did I mention that Irony sucks?)
We could provide players.
We could provide gamemasters that last at least five days.
We could provide gamemasters that finish their games.
We could provide web forums, even though some of us hate them.
We could provide character sheets.
We could provide Cyberboard.
We could provide Grip, even though Jim Dickerson is a lout.
We could provide Jabber.
We could provide pr0n.

You said uncensored, so some ideas are stupid, impractical, or 
otherwise.

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