Comments on: The whole chicken-and-egg thing http://www.loladex.com/2007/04/27/the-whole-chicken-and-egg-thing/ The Loladex Blog Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:23:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Getting people to use Loladex (Part 1) « Think Locally http://www.loladex.com/2007/04/27/the-whole-chicken-and-egg-thing/#comment-13 Getting people to use Loladex (Part 1) « Think Locally Wed, 21 May 2008 18:36:15 +0000 http://loladex.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/the-whole-chicken-and-egg-thing/#comment-13 [...] posted before about the chicken-and-egg issue, albeit in general terms.  Probably I should update those thoughts: Since we started focusing on [...] [...] posted before about the chicken-and-egg issue, albeit in general terms.  Probably I should update those thoughts: Since we started focusing on [...]

]]> By: Laurence Hooper http://www.loladex.com/2007/04/27/the-whole-chicken-and-egg-thing/#comment-12 Laurence Hooper Thu, 03 May 2007 21:38:00 +0000 http://loladex.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/the-whole-chicken-and-egg-thing/#comment-12 I think Brian is getting at something more fundamental -- the idea that all the tactics I mention are pointless (and doomed to fail) unless they're harnessed to something that truly speaks to people.<br/><br/>That's true enough, but it's hard to know beforehand whether you have such a thing, so it's hard to know whether you're wasting your time.<br/><br/>Most entrepreneurs, I would hope, believe they have a worthwhile mission. But who's to say whether they're right, except the users of each completed product?<br/><br/>Lousy sites may fail because they have spent too much time on community features, it's true, but in such cases they'd probably have failed regardless. Meanwhile, worthwhile sites can fail, or at least not succeed, because they've spent *too little* time on community features.<br/><br/>Anyways, now that KickApps is out there we can all stop worrying about how much time to spend on building community features, and just white-label it -- right? :) I think Brian is getting at something more fundamental — the idea that all the tactics I mention are pointless (and doomed to fail) unless they’re harnessed to something that truly speaks to people.

That’s true enough, but it’s hard to know beforehand whether you have such a thing, so it’s hard to know whether you’re wasting your time.

Most entrepreneurs, I would hope, believe they have a worthwhile mission. But who’s to say whether they’re right, except the users of each completed product?

Lousy sites may fail because they have spent too much time on community features, it’s true, but in such cases they’d probably have failed regardless. Meanwhile, worthwhile sites can fail, or at least not succeed, because they’ve spent *too little* time on community features.

Anyways, now that KickApps is out there we can all stop worrying about how much time to spend on building community features, and just white-label it — right? :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.loladex.com/2007/04/27/the-whole-chicken-and-egg-thing/#comment-11 Anonymous Thu, 03 May 2007 20:34:00 +0000 http://loladex.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/the-whole-chicken-and-egg-thing/#comment-11 Hi Laurence,<br/><br/>Brian Oberkirch posted similar thoughts on his blog "Like It Matters" a couple weeks ago.<br/><br/>Check out the post here:<br/><br/>http://www.brianoberkirch.com/2007/04/25/wheres-the-gravity/<br/><br/>tx<br/><br/>m Hi Laurence,

Brian Oberkirch posted similar thoughts on his blog “Like It Matters” a couple weeks ago.

Check out the post here:

http://www.brianoberkirch.com/2007/04/25/wheres-the-gravity/

tx

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