Comments on: Who “Owns” the Community http://fastwonderblog.com/2007/12/18/who-owns-the-community/ Consulting services for companies wanting to engage with online communities through social media.Focused on online communities, open technologies, open source, web 2.0, social media, RSS, blogging, and podcasting. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:23:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dawn http://fastwonderblog.com/2007/12/18/who-owns-the-community/#comment-1704 Dawn Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:54:52 +0000 http://fastwonderblog.com/2007/12/18/who-owns-the-community/#comment-1704 Bill, I think you had a pretty good definition of ownership in the video, but I'm not sure your definition came across clearly in Jeremiah's post about the video. The whole question of "ownership" in communities is such a murky one. Bill,

I think you had a pretty good definition of ownership in the video, but I’m not sure your definition came across clearly in Jeremiah’s post about the video.

The whole question of “ownership” in communities is such a murky one.

]]> By: Bill Johnston http://fastwonderblog.com/2007/12/18/who-owns-the-community/#comment-1696 Bill Johnston Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:39:53 +0000 http://fastwonderblog.com/2007/12/18/who-owns-the-community/#comment-1696 Hi Dawn, Thanks for the thoughtful analysis here. When I say "own", I do mean it in the sense of being responsible for stewarding a community, at least from an organization's perspective. It's like a dinner party... who "owns" it? No one. It's an absurd thing to even consider. But the host is responsible for a clean, well lit space, with great food and drinks, and ensuring a good mix of people. I agree with your statement about developer an open source communities... although I have an example from Autodesk of an open source community being stewarded by product marketing staff. It will be interesting to see how this issue evolves in 2008! Hi Dawn,

Thanks for the thoughtful analysis here. When I say “own”, I do mean it in the sense of being responsible for stewarding a community, at least from an organization’s perspective. It’s like a dinner party… who “owns” it? No one. It’s an absurd thing to even consider. But the host is responsible for a clean, well lit space, with great food and drinks, and ensuring a good mix of people.

I agree with your statement about developer an open source communities… although I have an example from Autodesk of an open source community being stewarded by product marketing staff.

It will be interesting to see how this issue evolves in 2008!

]]> By: Owning communities and marketing in social media http://fastwonderblog.com/2007/12/18/who-owns-the-community/#comment-1684 Owning communities and marketing in social media Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:40:59 +0000 http://fastwonderblog.com/2007/12/18/who-owns-the-community/#comment-1684 [...] inanimate things like brands. Bill Johnston thinks a brand can and should own* a community. Dawn seems to think that having some self-owned communities is a good idea (and therefore the inverse is true: brands [...] [...] inanimate things like brands. Bill Johnston thinks a brand can and should own* a community. Dawn seems to think that having some self-owned communities is a good idea (and therefore the inverse is true: brands [...]

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