Comments on: Online Communities Are Like Dinner Parties http://www.radian6.com/blog/2009/10/online-communities-are-like-dinner-parties/ Social media monitoring tools, social media engagement software and social CRM and marketing from the industry leader in social analytics. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:26:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bruce Nunn http://www.radian6.com/blog/2009/10/online-communities-are-like-dinner-parties/#comment-1546 Bruce Nunn Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:11:18 +0000 http://www.radian6.com/?p=1428#comment-1546 Rachel, And like any good dinner party, there is always the odd person that has had a little too much, pontificates his opinion a little too aggressively, and suddenly there is an uncomfortable "scene". Communities tend to attract all types, but police themselves to push out the people with alterior motives. Great post. Bruce Rachel,
And like any good dinner party, there is always the odd person that has had a little too much, pontificates his opinion a little too aggressively, and suddenly there is an uncomfortable “scene”. Communities tend to attract all types, but police themselves to push out the people with alterior motives.

Great post.
Bruce

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Both types of dinner parties can flow easily and offer great experiences when thrown right, but they appeal to different types of people. The lesson? If you want the best dinner party/community experience think about who your party, themed or not, will most appeal to before handing out invites to everyone.

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