Community Anti-Patterns

Nurturing a diverse community and keeping it healthy is at the heart of open development and is a requirement for effective open innovation. However, it is not always easy to spot and avoid problems before they cause damage. In the worst case key community members could leave, causing damage that can be hard to repair.

Anti-patterns are damaging or counter-productive practices or patterns of behaviour that are sometimes seen in communities. Many anti-patterns are born from the best of intentions, but result in a polar-opposite outcome. This talk explore's Dave Neary's collection of common anti-patterns and possible cures/treatments.