How 7 Cups of Tea (YC S13) Accidentally Grew a Community of 17,000 Listeners

Re:How 7 Cups of Tea (YC S13) Accidentally Grew a Community ... by jseliger on Friday July 25, 2014 @12:31PM (#8086066)

Getting people to volunteer can be one of the most difficult challenges a community builder can face

The word "volunteer" appears in the first two paragraphs but not elsewhere, but I don't think it's the right word: most people in Internet communities don't think of themselves as "volunteers" per se.

In the context of nonprofit and public agencies, which is orthogonal to the main article but still important, many don't actually want volunteers—they want money: http://blog.seliger.com/2014/04/20/volunteers-nonprofits-rea... .

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Re:How 7 Cups of Tea (YC S13) Accidentally Grew a Community ... by carriemelissa on Friday July 25, 2014 @12:57PM (#8086191)

Hey there, I'm the author. I agree with you. These terms need to be clarified. We decided to use volunteers in the intro to introduce the idea of what 7 Cups is doing. While the members do technically "volunteer" their time, you wouldn't usually use that terminology. Technically, they're just giving their time to the community.

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Re:How 7 Cups of Tea (YC S13) Accidentally Grew a Community ... by jseliger on Saturday July 26, 2014 @03:49PM (#8090563)

Thanks for the reply—that makes sense. I think you should change the language in the post itself, however.

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