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Can community websites find their niche?
The thejhub.com is a great example of a community website -- it's tailored to a specific geographic area and has some features (notably the photo contests and bands/music) that offer new and unique content specific to that region.
The site is basically another social network, ala Facebook or MySpace. The question is: Why would I use the thejhub instead of doing the same thing on one of the major national websites? The obvious answer is geographic -- that's the niche. However, is the geographic niche enough? That's the question that community websites need to ask themselves. 2 comments from 2 users
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posted by
Kerrberr2
on Mar 15, 2008 at 01:02 PM
I think that the more people that use the site the more the site will benefit the community. I would love to see soccer coaches post their schedules on here. Everything that happens in the area need to be here. The more we have available the more that the site will be used. I don't know about many people but I for one love to know what is happening and what I can go do or see in the area and this is a great opportunity for everyone to find those things. As well as put out great in site and information to the community. I love to Blog my feelings and in sites and I hope that I am able to make a dent in the bigotry of this world. posted by
Steelman
on Mar 26, 2008 at 09:11 AM
Kerrberr,
You're talking about the classic Internet chicken and the egg problem of critical mass. Once a site is big and full of content and people, more people will start using it and adding content. Getting to that tipping point where there's already enough site usage to convince everyone else to use it too...
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