http://managinggreatness.com/2010/04/14/enlightened-self-interest-social-web/ Community, Content & SEO Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://managinggreatness.com/2010/04/14/enlightened-self-interest-social-web/comment-page-1/#comment-707 Search Traffic and Community-Generated Content Mon, 04 Oct 2010 09:08:41 +0000 http://managinggreatness.com/?p=910#comment-707 [...] guidelines. As long as you serve the community’s needs, you can serve your own. See Enlightened Self-Interest and the Social Web and The Age of Anonymity has [...] [...] guidelines. As long as you serve the community’s needs, you can serve your own. See Enlightened Self-Interest and the Social Web and The Age of Anonymity has [...]

]]> http://managinggreatness.com/2010/04/14/enlightened-self-interest-social-web/comment-page-1/#comment-544 Get People to Put Your Message on Their Site | Managing Greatness Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:39:19 +0000 http://managinggreatness.com/?p=910#comment-544 [...] When writing on community sites it’s important to note that the rules have changed over the last few years. We had this era of anonymity, where you were encouraged to live your second life on the internet and choose some strange username that couldn’t get linked back to the real you. Then Wikipedia came around, and we had a nice increase in quality, but they’re ideologically opposed to any kind of self-interest. Most Q&A sites today are run according to social media norms, which encourage enlightened self-interest, and being yourself. As long as you serve the community, you can also serve yourself. I know this is true, because I read it on my blog. [...] [...] When writing on community sites it’s important to note that the rules have changed over the last few years. We had this era of anonymity, where you were encouraged to live your second life on the internet and choose some strange username that couldn’t get linked back to the real you. Then Wikipedia came around, and we had a nice increase in quality, but they’re ideologically opposed to any kind of self-interest. Most Q&A sites today are run according to social media norms, which encourage enlightened self-interest, and being yourself. As long as you serve the community, you can also serve yourself. I know this is true, because I read it on my blog. [...]

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