Comments on: Power to the… community http://andyhoward.id.au/2006/05/10/power-to-the-community/ WRITER / EDITOR / DESIGNER / ARCHITECT Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:10:25 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Andy Howard http://andyhoward.id.au/2006/05/10/power-to-the-community/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Andy Howard Sun, 21 May 2006 12:25:48 +0000 http://andyhoward.id.au/2006/05/10/power-to-the-community/#comment-25 Thanks for picking me up on that Kevin, and I'm glad you like my blog. Building a community gives you <i>more</i> control of the conversation, and you're right, you don't have <i>full</i> control and you can't configure the user. <a href="http://andyhoward.newsvine.com/_news/2006/04/14/166948-your-business-needs-a-blog-with-a-strategy#comments" rel="nofollow">Tim Jackson wrote a great comment</a> about this some time ago which wraps it up nicely; <blockquote>If you are the one hosting the party, you have more control of the conversation, but the bulk of your audience is going to be interested in your responses and will give you the benefit of the doubt as well.</blockquote> You will only ever have more control, not full control, I didn't make this clear. Good point too mate - once the customer gets a sniff of any apparent 'exclusive control', they're out of there... Thanks for stopping by and no worries, happy couples are fair game ;) Thanks for picking me up on that Kevin, and I’m glad you like my blog. Building a community gives you more control of the conversation, and you’re right, you don’t have full control and you can’t configure the user.

Tim Jackson wrote a great comment about this some time ago which wraps it up nicely;

If you are the one hosting the party, you have more control of the conversation, but the bulk of your audience is going to be interested in your responses and will give you the benefit of the doubt as well.

You will only ever have more control, not full control, I didn’t make this clear. Good point too mate – once the customer gets a sniff of any apparent ‘exclusive control’, they’re out of there…

Thanks for stopping by and no worries, happy couples are fair game ;)

]]> By: Kevin Leversee http://andyhoward.id.au/2006/05/10/power-to-the-community/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Kevin Leversee Sun, 21 May 2006 08:22:50 +0000 http://andyhoward.id.au/2006/05/10/power-to-the-community/#comment-24 <blockquote>"Building a community gives you control of the conversation and also allows your customers to guide you in the direction they need to go..."</blockquote> Uhm. No. You never have control of the conversation. You can only ignore it- or participate in it... you only think you do. <a href="http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2004/02/11/my_etech_talk_revenge_of_the_user.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2004/02/11/my_etech_talk_revenge_of_the_user.html</a> the moment users get wind of any control- they are gone- you cant configure the user. (look lots of loose holes here) Anyway - I generally like your blog- I am not here to throw rocks, ok maybe rocks at happy couples.

“Building a community gives you control of the conversation and also allows your customers to guide you in the direction they need to go…”

Uhm. No. You never have control of the conversation. You can only ignore it- or participate in it… you only think you do. http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2004/02/11/my_etech_talk_revenge_of_the_user.html
the moment users get wind of any control- they are gone- you cant configure the user. (look lots of loose holes here) Anyway – I generally like your blog- I am not here to throw rocks, ok maybe rocks at happy couples.

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