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Knowledge, Learning, Community
Part One, Part Two. Good set of suggestions concerning the founding of social networks (which are interestingly almost the same as the set of suggestions that would apply to the founding of online communities). Baically, the advice amounts to: provide something of value to your members, attend to them personally, and keep focusing on the value to members. BGN also points to Mike Haughey, founder of Metafilter, who has his own tips for running a successful online community. Via Mark Oehlert.

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