Patrick O’Keefe celebrates being a small online community, and points out that all communities grow one person at a time.
Being small is generally seen as a bad thing. We want to be bigger, we want to have as many members as possible. When you only have 3, 5, 10, 15 regularly active members, you have a great opportunity to make sure that they are enjoying the community, that they are appreciated and to see if there is anything that you can do from them.
See original article at managingcommunities.com
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