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Re:Notes from Del.icio.us founder Joshua Schachter by danw on Friday February 23, 2007 @12:19AM (#619)
It depends a lot on the site. Theres far too many sites that just add community features when its not needed. My friends are on facebook and twitter, they dont need to be anywhere else.

So judge it based on your app. Is the hassle of adding your friends to the site going to be far smaller than the benefit?

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Re:Notes from Del.icio.us founder Joshua Schachter by xinroman on Tuesday March 20, 2007 @02:42AM (#5138)
"Is the hassle of adding your friends to the site going to be far smaller than the benefit?"

Good point. If it's more useful to you to have more of your friends on the site then you will try to recruit them. But if it's still not vauable at all to them, then they will just think you are sending them junkmail. I think the most thriving online communities are the ones that grow organically. History shows us, it doesn't matter what the tool is, if people can use it to communicate with one another, they will find a way.

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