Comments on: Lack of Community for the Above Average Joe http://www.maverickconceptions.com/2008/05/19/lack-of-community-for-the-above-average-joe/ Brenda you know that you're much too lazy and Eddie could never afford to live that kind of life. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:25:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: dekrazee1 http://www.maverickconceptions.com/2008/05/19/lack-of-community-for-the-above-average-joe/#comment-41 dekrazee1 Mon, 19 May 2008 14:00:59 +0000 http://lwallenstein.poweredbygeek.net/?p=107#comment-41 I think there's a crucial step missing in the workings of a community described above. A beginner doesn't stay a beginner for long, and a guru doesn't only spend time answering the same questions over and over. It's more of a cyclical thing. What I mean is that people in a community are constantly navigating between different roles. A guru is only gonna answer the same question once, twice maybe 3 times. When that guru is done, someone else steps in for that area - probably someone who asked the question themselves. Knowledge is passed and paid forward. I think there’s a crucial step missing in the workings of a community described above. A beginner doesn’t stay a beginner for long, and a guru doesn’t only spend time answering the same questions over and over. It’s more of a cyclical thing.

What I mean is that people in a community are constantly navigating between different roles. A guru is only gonna answer the same question once, twice maybe 3 times. When that guru is done, someone else steps in for that area - probably someone who asked the question themselves. Knowledge is passed and paid forward.

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