building an online community

One of the best exam­ples of a thriv­ing online com­mu­nity is I Love Typog­ra­phy. Almost 50,000 peo­ple sub­scribe to its RSS feeds. There are many voices: mul­ti­ple authors and lots of peo­ple who care enough to respond. It feels vibrant and live. Peo­ple share expe­ri­ences and point to great exam­ples of typog­ra­phy in use.

But what makes this such a vibrant com­mu­nity? What lessons can we take away from this exam­ple and apply elsewhere?

Revised on November 16, 2009