When part of a network, it’s nice to know that members share a common purpose that you can identify with. It’s what binds you as a group and drives you to work together. It is fun to connect and collaborate with people, to create new insights and as a result be creative based on those insights and innovate.
Annoying are the people who seem to think that everything is there for them to break down and diss. There are simple ways to deal with this at least, the easiest being to block these negative elements (IP address, name, etc.). Fake identities, identity theft and the like are more difficult to combat.
We need selection criteria and membership thresholds for becoming part of a successful network. Invitation only! If it’s worth being a member, it is worth putting effort into becoming a member. For a network to be successful at innovation we need people from diverse disciplines to come together, so making a selection on profession or role will not do. We need to put in place criteria that help us select based on common purpose and shared value systems. We start with a small group that share this common purpose and value system and have them invite new members, these members than have to be evaluated by at least two other members (chosen at random?) before being allowed to join. After joining, members receive a certificate that is used to identify themselves to the network, but also includes characteristics which are used to authenticate them as being who the say they are.
I know some will not like this, for it puts limitations on spontaneous behaviour and collaboration. It will most certainly limit the exponential growth of many of the open networks created out there. Let’s face it, would you like to have your kids do their homework together with other kids who share their interests, or with unknowns who can potentially harm their mental or even physical well being? NO? Then why should it be any different for you?
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