Curbly

Uncooped is owned by Curbly's creator which establishes the brother/sister connection. 

Curblification comes from the brains of Bruno, so he'd have to answer all those techie questions. 

Actually, some sites actively look for paid contributors. You just have to keep a look out.

I don't like to talk about my flair.

"If you're a paid contributor to a site, your webmaster will probably let you know how many posts are too many. ;)"

Is that like Flair?

(Sorry, I couldn't resist).

So, Maven, I notice you post a lot here.... and I'm figuring you are either independently wealthy and enjoy writing, or... maybe you are a paid person. I think I'd like that kind of work. It really makes sense for a webmaster to just pay someone a fair sallary to write. I might look into that for my site. I might also try to get a job writing for some sites. What do I do to pursue that?

Also.... How can I become a Curbly Sister Site? (or Brother site). I really like the Curbly website deisgn and function. Is it Ruby on Rails? What's the CMS foundation? It's fast, elegant, easy to use. Good stuff. I'd love to Curblyize my ResourcesForLife.com website. Once it became Curblyfied, I think it could be much nicer. But I don't know what the steps are toward Curblyfication. Do you? I'm guessing the Curblyization process is fairly simple.

I'll definitely look into participating at the Uncooped site.

Thanks!

Greg, for outdoor-centric activities like bicycle reviews you might want to consider Uncooped, Curbly's sister-site. 

Also, if you're a paid contributor to a site, your webmaster will probably let you know how many posts are too many. ;)

I think what's important is to create content that is constant in length, frequency, and quality when added to the site you are posting to.

For a site like Twitter, you can post throughout the day and nobody will think that's odd.

Some people use Facebook like a kind of Twitter. I think Facebook offers a nice interface to connect and share content. The aggregated feed seems to work well. I tend to post sparingly to Facebook and only post well written brief articles that are within the length limitations.

With a site like Curbly, if the content is (1) original, and (2) of high relevance to the community, and (3) it's well written, (4) and it's not blatant self-promotion or advertising, (5) and you are participating in some other way to help strengthen the online community, then I would think you could probably add a dozen posts per day without anyone complaining too much. You are essentially adding value to the site.

I'm always hesitant to post too much content to any online community. Even if it's good, you just overload people and they may ignore your postings.

My real question, that I didn't get around to in my original post is this... Does anyone know of any online communities similar to Curbly that focus on other things besides DYI? For example, when I write a review about a bicycle, is there a website where I could share that?

I'm looking for online user communities (like Curbly) that offer personalized pages and then a central aggregated page. So, when I add something, there's actually a chance that someone will see it.

What do you think about all of the above?

I've been thinking about this alot lately too. I think getting your content out there, if it's viable, is the point. My question has always been "Where is the guidebook that tells you when, where and how much to post?" What's the protocol?