Joel from Deskmag/Deskwanted had a lot of great ideas at GCUC about how to go about connecting members of spaces and we had another talk about software tools for members. I was all over the place so I only heard parts of these conversations but I will say that the best thing we can do is get our members talking. And by that I mean talking about whatever it is they are talking about, not just reviews.
Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 3:07 AM, Enrico Cassinelli | SharedDesks < ca...@shareddesks.net> wrote: > Hello Felix, > I'm Enrico from the SharedDesks team. > I usually only read this group, but since you've mentioned us > directly, I'm goint to "step in" for the first time :-) > > We have been discussing if we should add a "review" feature a couple > of times, and we did not yet come up with a clear decision about that: > as you noted if you can't guarantee 100% transparency it becomes > useless, and there are also some moderation issues ie. you never know > if a review, both a negative or a positive one, is a true review by a > real user or if it's a fake. > > I just wanted to let you know that we are aware of the issues you > pointed out above, and we are taking them in serious consideration. > > Cheers > Enrico > > On 9 Mar, 13:59, Felix Schürholz <calen...@coworking-news.de> wrote: > > link to article:http://bit.ly/xv94um > > > > As I was just researching on an article on “Free Coworking” , more > > precisely on “Free Coworking Grants”, I noticed something that we > > should become more aware of. In trying to make a better coworking > > world, we run the danger of becoming slaves to an apparently “cozy” > > but artificial design world. In doing so, we tend to relate more to > > the building and things rather than to our coworkers. To give you an > > example. There are a lot of coworking sites now that promote coworking > > offers. A lot of them are very nicely done, with very attractive > > pictures. One example “SharedDesks”. The example chosen is random, I > > picked London, and this is what I found. Very beautiful, I think > > everyone will agree, but something is missing. It is not only the > > people that are missing in the picture, but more importantly there is > > no feedback loop. You cannot comment on this or any other coworking > > offer as a user. And this is the same on all the other sites I found > > in the net. > > > > In contrast there is a site in the net called “yelp”, where you will > > find “real reviews” by “real people” as the site claims. There you > > find pictures and reviews of coworking offers. These reviews and > > pictures can be nice and positive or more in the “ok” category.* > > *[Note: While writing this article one negative review (one star) for > > Citizen Space San Jose was deleted, see picture below. So much for > > transparency :-(((()] > > > > link to article:http://bit.ly/xv94um > > > > I think we need more of this feedback from coworkers. To get this we > > need more transparency and more coworker involvement. Everyone of us > > can contribute to this. We started “Free Coworking” to address this > > need. We need more collaboration, more team work, more social capital. > > Join our Facebook Group, add yourself to the “Skill-Sharing“, start a > > local “Free Coworking” campaign. Here is where you can start: Spaces: > http://bit.ly/zzO5wH > > , Coworker:http://bit.ly/Input_Free_Coworking_Skill_Sharing > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
