As the early adopters AKA beta testers of LinkedMusicians,, you’re seeing the site evolve pretty quickly as I’m testing what engages you and what doesn’t.

I knew when setting this site up that the forum would be easy for everyone to adjust to and the social media walls / GROUPS would take more time. All along, I had this one recurring thought: The integration of social media with an old school forum would likely be easier to understand and experience if there were only one social media wall. That would mean that, in the beginning, when the membership was small that there would be much more activity — and the activity would be much broader. As all members would see it, they would be apt to see content that resonated with them and participate / engage.

With that in mind, I have pulled back (hidden) the various Groups / Walls and have consolidate everything into a single wall, this one, merely the renamed COFFEE HOUSE. Just one social wall where we can discuss all things related to music and music-making. I will be re-introducing the other Groups down the road, but I believe, from my experience developing and nurturing online communities, that this will provide the greatest user experience for the majority of community members at this time. I promise that I will monitor usage very closely and will be using your feedback and doing polls periodically to make adjustments in order to give you the best possible experience at LinkedMusicians — which obviously isn’t a bunch of empty GROUPS. Now, I’m going to hand the mic over to you and invite you to provide your candid thoughts on how we can make this section of the site — the social walls / Groups more useful to you and what you think about this experiment.