Online communities
are a valuable resource.
I don’t know what
I’d do without them.
How do you become
a valuable part
of an online community?
“Offer help on
something you’re good at
to the community
at least three times
before you ask that community
for help.
Someone is always
coming up behind you.”
Offering help
three times
also forces us
to spend time
in the community
before asking for the help
we need.
Odds are…
we’ll figure out
that the question
has already been asked.
Multiple times.
Frustrating core members.
I’m part of
quite a few online communities.
Every day, someone asks
a question that has
already been asked a zillion times.
They can’t be bothered
to look that answer up.
They don’t value
the community members’ time.
Don’t be that someone.
Spend time within the community
before asking for help.