Q&A with Alesa Little of Career Step
Rosemary O'Neill
Crowdstack
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Blog Post CommentNice article. Too bad CareerStep's Hoopla site is a private community. I would have liked to have seen the 6 year game of "The Person Below Me." Would have also liked to be able to look at another successful community, you know, to learn something to try at our community.
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Blog Post CommentI know, a 6 year fun for a game like that is pretty amazing. Makes me wonder what the longest-running game is... I'll make sure our next Q&A highlights a publicly accessible community, Carol! It is cool to pick up tips and tricks from each other.
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Crowdstack Discussion🎉❤️🏆📈We run a Crowdstack Site focused on Model Trains. We also publish a magazine called O Gauge Railroading . The magazine published its first issue in June of 1969, almost 52 years ago. We have been here since the "Eve" days, and may be Crowdstack's oldest customer. On January 3, 2013, one of our members started a thread entitled "What did you do on your layout today?" Yesterday, that thread reach a very unique milestone. 1,000 pages and 39,990 replies! I think that might be a record.
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Topic ReplyWow congrats @Rich Melvin that's amazing! For those looking on in awe, thinking about how to make a similarly strong community, h ere are a few key lessons we might draw: 1. The topic was originated by a member (cool) 2. It's an easy to answer question...lots of members will have a ready response 3. It includes "insider" wording...if you know what a "layout" is, you're on the inside 4. It has a timeframe, today, which makes it automatically a recurring thought Do you have a mega thread in...
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Topic ReplyCongrats Rich ! I envy your passionate membership. We too have been with Cstack since the Eve platform days but our members are mostly come-and-go volunteers, not passionate hobbyists.
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Topic ReplyCongratulations, Rich! That is quite a milestone! Your community is one I often show to other people as an example of a vibrant, healthy community!
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Topic Reply🎉Well done. Like you, we have been here since the eve days as well. I think our largest thread is an introduction thread started back in '05. Back in 2011 we closed it and created a whole forum for introductions. Cool milestone!
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Topic ReplyWe too have been with Cstack since the Eve platform days but our members are mostly come-and-go volunteers, not passionate hobbyists.
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Topic Reply🎉I think we might have beaten you guys, we started around Jan 1998 with (link from Wayback Internet Archives website https://web.archive.org/web/19...ate.cgi?action=intro Ultimate Bulletin Board, Version 3.0 - Beta 2
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Topic ReplyWow, love the walk down memory lane. I love the Wayback machine!