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The Importance of Community Building in Business
22:49 - 26:58 (04:08)
Community building is essential for growing a business or project, and it requires consistency and a sense of ritual to remain effective. Establishing an online meeting space or clubhouse, generating artifacts, and inviting collaboration can lead to better information and richer participation.
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The co-founder of Stack Overflow talks about the importance of community feedback and how it drives product improvement.
22:49 - 24:17 (01:27)
Summary
The co-founder of Stack Overflow talks about the importance of community feedback and how it drives product improvement. Spending time on community feedback sites like meta stack overflow can provide valuable insights into how users are experiencing a product.
ChapterThe Importance of Community Building in Business
EpisodeJeff Atwood: Stack Overflow and Coding Horror
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
In order to grow and maintain a community, it is important to establish a consistent pattern of participation by generating artifacts and inviting others to collaborate.
24:17 - 26:15 (01:58)
Summary
In order to grow and maintain a community, it is important to establish a consistent pattern of participation by generating artifacts and inviting others to collaborate. This was seen in the early beginnings of Stack Overflow which emerged from the energy generated by Jeff Atwood's blog.
ChapterThe Importance of Community Building in Business
EpisodeJeff Atwood: Stack Overflow and Coding Horror
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The success of Stack Overflow was attributed to the active participation of the community where they voted on the name, featured audience members, and started beta testing including programmers who did not have enough outlet to share their passion for programming.
26:15 - 26:58 (00:43)
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The success of Stack Overflow was attributed to the active participation of the community where they voted on the name, featured audience members, and started beta testing including programmers who did not have enough outlet to share their passion for programming. The early beta users were composed of the audience of Jeff Atwood's and Joel Spolsky's blogs which eventually became the beginning of Stack Overflow.