The evolution revolution

[SoftWareRevue]

All communities evolve.

How do you handle the evolution of your community?

When there were a handful of members here, we'd dance naked on the front lawn. :booty::dancin::ghug:http://www.getmesmileys.com/smilies/party0003.gif:scatter:

The neighbors soon put a stop to that though. :grandpa:


But as a community grows, its needs grow. How do you feed the need while maintaining the same degree of familiarity that sustained your growth?

Members are members because they enjoy the community. From the design and navigation aspects to the content and comradery.

The older the member (in terms of join date), the more difficult it seems for them to accept change. (not that there's anything wrong with that)

What do you do to assure them that any proposed changes are for the better of the community as a whole and a natural progression of the inevitable evolution?



Inevitable evolution. . . . I think I'll start a rock band and name it Inevitable Evolution. :guitar:

[A_Jelly_Doughnut]

As long as there continue to be 'new oldies' if you will, the commnunity is good.

For example, Chicken no longer posts often at WHT. But Aussie Bob does. ub3r does. They've both all been there quite some time. Since there are still several senior members, the community won't die out.

[Jan]

From experience, the newbies might suggest changing this or that and maybe a 50% of oldies will applaud the suggestions, 25% divided and a few will be staunchly against it. That seems to be the usual noise in the majority of forums.