# Soorten gemeenschap & hun kenmerken

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/types-of-community-their-characteristics/276489
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [24 augustus 2023 om 18:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/types-of-community-their-characteristics/276489 "2023-08-24T18:12:41Z")
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### Author: ![simon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon/32/339122_2.png) [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [26 augustus 2023 om 10:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/types-of-community-their-characteristics/276489/13 "2023-08-26T10:01:03Z")

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> [@51mon](#):
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> (Great name 😄 )

🙂

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> You give no clue as to where you’re difficult(s) lie

The difficulty may be that my level of reading comprehension is somewhat limited. If we were speaking in person, I’d stop you from time to time to make sure that I was correctly understanding what you were saying.

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> this seemed the most appropriate category on meta for the topic I’m trying to explore

Yes, this is the correct category for this type of discussion.

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> the topic I’m trying to explore is what I believe the “community explorer” ‘wheel segment’ labelled “community” could would or should contain (life cycle={creation curation sustainment termination}, qualities={ culture character vibrancy),… )

I think I’m following this correctly, but could you try rephrasing it?

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> I hadn’t so far tripped over the name of the company that provides the software. The fact that it’s first word says “civilised” gives me great pause for thought.

Ignore the word “civilised” and focus on “discourse construction kit.” The world has changed somewhat since the early 2010s. “Civilized” may now be a loaded term for some people. Maybe “civil” would be a less loaded word. The essential idea as I understand it is that Discourse is intended to be a tool kit for facilitating online discussions. I also think the community aspect of Discourse has been significantly prioritized since it was first launched.

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> Within the whole melee of possible communities the one I most closely identify at the moment are ones with medical needs

You should have a look at the sites listed here: [https://www.bensfriends.org/community-list/](https://www.bensfriends.org/community-list/). They are all using Discourse.

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> this (and many other) software is it is not of a grade that would be recognised as suitable for patient information.

I believe that is a common issue with healthcare related forums. I’ve seen issues related to [HIPAA compliance](https://www.proofpoint.com/us/threat-reference/hipaa-compliance#:~:text=HIPAA%20compliance%20is%20regulated%20by,integrity%20of%20protected%20health%20information.) come up a few times. I assume other jurisdictions have similar regulations. It might be worth getting in touch with someone from the Ben’s Friends sites to see if they have any ideas about that.

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> I agree your identification of difficulty but not your attribution of “biggest difficult”,

Well it’s _my_ biggest difficulty. Generating ideas is easy. Executing them hard.

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> Interesting that somebody is now charging 40 bucks for accountability through zoom.

I thought of that service as more related to the exchange of attention than about accountability. What interests me is that someone has turned such a strange idea into a viable business.

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> I dictate posts (gboard) cuz I’ve only got one working hand and I’m using the mobile phone and life’s too short and too hard to type one-handed on a touch sensitive device!

You might be interested in looking into Discourse’s support for screen readers: [Discourse with a screen reader](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-with-a-screen-reader/178105).

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