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Birds All The Way Down

I’m on Highway 5 outside of Olympia when it happens.

4 min readAug 21, 2018

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Birds All The Way Down

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Why I Quit Twitter, a List

After 12 years and over 41,700 tweets, I’ve deactivated my Twitter account. Here’s a few reasons why.

2 min readAug 17, 2018

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Your Community Site is Not a Government

In my community consulting work, I’ve often had to remind clients that their products, while important, are not governments.

5 min readAug 9, 2018

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Your Community Site is Not a Government

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AI is Not a Community Management Strategy

Let’s start from the beginning. Say you make a website that allows people to say something online. Most people use it like you intended…

7 min readJun 11, 2018

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AI is Not a Community Management Strategy

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Guns and Trolls are not Weather

When people say nothing can be done, they’re wrong.

4 min readFeb 17, 2018

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Today I Built a Chicken Coop

When I’m overwhelmed, and I’m frequently overwhelmed, I grab ahold of a single thread, like what I did today, and follow it backwards, hand…

8 min readMar 23, 2016

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How to Tell a Story at Fray Cafe

The Fray Organization is proud to participate in XOXO. Fray Cafe will be part of XOXO’s Story night on Friday night from 11pm to 1am at…

4 min readAug 31, 2015

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The Commenters’ Bill of Rights

If comment systems treated commenters better, their comments would be better.

6 min readFeb 14, 2014

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The Commenters’ Bill of Rights

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The Argument Machine

Doctor Discord’s evil plan to make us all fight.

4 min readOct 27, 2013

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The Argument Machine

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The Right Words in the Right Order

Or: I have some awesome job news.

4 min readSep 22, 2013

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The Right Words in the Right Order

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Derek Powazek

Derek Powazek

Digital community, analog farming. Social media design, photos of goats and chickens. Author of "Design for Community," teller of stories. Mostly harmless.

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