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O'Reilly Books on User Group Management

Asked by chrisbryant : 13 March 2010 - 01:18 PM

Answered by marsee : Mar 19 2010 04:12 PM
One book we recommend for user groups and building community is The Art of Community by Jono Bacon. There is a book from another publisher that also might be useful called The Rational Guide to Buil... full answer >
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Do you offer your UG as a service provider?

Asked by chrisbryant : 13 March 2010 - 06:13 AM

Answered by adfm : Mar 24 2010 02:59 PM
If you are part of an informal group that is getting requests to perform work for hire, then you should consider formalizing into an entity that can handle such requests. I'm not a lawyer, but it ... full answer >
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Do you have tips or suggestions for reaching out to new user group members?

Asked by marsee : 19 January 2010 - 04:39 PM

Answered by Jefro : Jan 19 2010 05:34 PM
I think it depends on the reasons new users have for joining in the first place. If they are eager but shy, very often new users respond to direct questions more easily than open-ended invitations. ... full answer >
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How to Tell a User Added Your Facebook App

By Jay Goldman : 29 October 2009 - 01:04 PM
If you need to check whether a user has added my app, use the Users.isAppAdded⁠(⁠ ⁠) method:$hasAdded = $facebook->api_client->users_isAppAdded();Users.isAppAdded⁠(⁠ ⁠) re...
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How to Create a Facebook Test Account

By Jay Goldman : 29 October 2009 - 12:59 PM
If you want to test your application as another user who isn’t a developer, but the Facebook ToS prevents you from creating accounts that aren’t linked to your real identity, use...
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How to Integrate Drupal and Facebook the Easy Way

By Jay Goldman : 29 October 2009 - 12:48 PM
If you have an existing site built with Drupal (http://drupal.org/) and would like to create an associated Facebook application quickly and easily, use Drupal for Facebook (http://drupal....
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How to Scale Your Application So That It Is Not the Victim of Its Own Success

By Jay Goldman : 29 October 2009 - 12:38 PM
Speed is critical. If your application does not load within milliseconds, it will tend to drive away users. Given the viral nature of Facebook, such a scenario can occur within ...
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Twitter API Search Method Reference

By kmakice : 29 October 2009 - 10:18 AM
Keyword SearchSearches for keyword matches in tweet content.Pathsearch.twitter.com/search.atom?q=queryRequires authenticationNo.Charged against rate limitNo.HTTP method ...
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Twitter API Social Graph Method Reference

By kmakice : 29 October 2009 - 10:15 AM
Get All FriendsReturns the full list of people you follow.Path/friends/ids.xmlRequires authenticationYes, if the account is private (authenticating user must be allowed b...
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Twitter API Status Method Reference

By kmakice : 29 October 2009 - 10:08 AM
Delete a TweetRemoves a single status update from the Twitter timeline.Path/statuses/destroy/id.xmlRequires authenticationYes (the account owns the existing update...
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