How Instructables Builds Community

video How Instructables Builds Community

As part of the 2007 Crunchies, where Instructables was a finalist in the category of best user-generated content, we were asked to submit a short video explaining how we build a great community of users on Instructables.

We had a blast making it -- noahw did all the hard work! -- and hope you enjoy it too.

Husham Samir says: Jul 10, 2012. 12:20 PM

This is the best web site ever , many thanks to you and to the team who made this great community.

megaduty says: May 20, 2012. 9:01 AM

Thanks for making this place Eric!

robbtoberfest says: Jan 22, 2008. 8:13 PM

Can I buy stock in instructables yet?

KnexFreek in reply to robbtoberfestJan 19, 2010. 3:31 PM

that would be awesome!

porcupinemamma in reply to KnexFreekApr 21, 2012. 9:18 AM

I totally agree!

M4industries in reply to robbtoberfestDec 26, 2009. 12:37 PM

Instructables is not a public company. Yes I have done searches in NYSE and found nothing. Not even MAKE: is large enough to go public.

robbtoberfest in reply to M4industriesJan 5, 2010. 2:23 PM

I know that, I'm just excited about it anyways :)

M4industries in reply to robbtoberfestJan 5, 2010. 3:52 PM

I would buy enough to be a major shareholder!

Hello Boardmember of Instructables!

KnexFreek says: Jan 19, 2010. 3:31 PM

AWESOME!

joejoerowley says: Jan 22, 2008. 4:13 PM

Cool Video! Do you own the tower and do you own the strip? Do you rent it to the mythbusters? Sometime you should make a mythbusters leek video if you do.:)

Weissensteinburg in reply to joejoerowleyJan 22, 2008. 5:52 PM

They just rent the tower from the gov't.

joejoerowley in reply to WeissensteinburgJan 22, 2008. 6:16 PM

thats a shame I guess. Can you blow stuff up on it out there? Or is that damaging government property? It must be pretty awesome having that much space in the bay area.

M4industries in reply to joejoerowleyDec 26, 2009. 12:38 PM

Tetranitrate has a video of the Mythbusters testing the water heater rocket on the runway.

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Kiteman says: Jan 22, 2008. 4:00 PM

Nice vid, but can anybody please tell me why Americans don't pronounce the l in soldering?

wenpherd in reply to KitemanJul 27, 2009. 1:33 PM

ing, the last three letters, ing, solder_ing

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Kiteman in reply to wenpherdJul 27, 2009. 2:33 PM

Listen to the video - they pronounce it sodder-ing, instead of the correct form, soul-der-ing.

bassclarinet23 in reply to KitemanNov 29, 2009. 10:42 AM

I have no idea. Different dialects of English?

wenpherd in reply to KitemanJul 27, 2009. 7:08 PM

oh, well then i do it both ways.

Steamdnt in reply to KitemanSep 22, 2008. 7:26 PM

Apparently the English roots in Australia have Brought that pronunciation, The Australian roots In Me From my father have now brought that pronunciation to CANADA YAY!

Yerboogieman in reply to KitemanMay 14, 2008. 6:27 PM

cause then you'd sound, well, like your from england, no offence

Gjdj3 in reply to KitemanMar 3, 2008. 12:16 PM

Wait... do they in other countries?

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trebuchet03 in reply to KitemanJan 23, 2008. 8:39 AM

Because as soon as you say the "l" - someone is there to correct you :p

chalky in reply to KitemanJan 23, 2008. 7:47 AM

yep kiteman that has had me wondering for ages it sounds like there saying"sordering" to me?? so come on our good friends across the pond explain it to us? lol:)

Ohm in reply to chalkyJan 23, 2008. 11:41 PM

This reminds me of when my step mom from Australia was applying for her permanent residency here in the US and her and my Dad were at the immigration office filling out forms. They had a question about one of the instructions on the form and went to the desk to ask for clarification. The person on duty started to say "Well I do not see what the problem is, it is written in plain Eng." and caught himself and corrected himself saying it was written in American. We are just a different dialect of the language, for the most part it is very similar but our spelling on many things is different as well as our pronunciation. Also there are many words that are used differently as well, some obvious and some not. Just my $0.02

zoxx in reply to KitemanJan 22, 2008. 6:48 PM

for the same reason we don't say the "h" in "herb"...we're just...sigh...just take pity on us. please. However, I must note that the way Brits pronounce "aluminum" is flat-out ridiculous.

Heliosphan in reply to zoxxMar 8, 2008. 6:03 AM

I'm from the UK, and heres my two PENNIES about aluminum-aluminium Well see here's the thing. Aluminium, broken down into its constituent parts is an -ium word, you Americans too have lots of -ium chemistry words- polonium, uranium etc. pronounced correctly. As far as I'm concerned Aluminum is spoken plain wrong for this reason. Its incorrect but has entered your language as a norm, and is accepted by you. This is fair enough though, theres tonnes of examples in history of word shortening becoming the norm on both sides of the pond, in fact throughout the world. But zoxx thinking that OUR pronunication is wrong is in itself flat-out ridiculous, a complete reversal of the truth that its originally an -ium word!!

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Kiteman in reply to zoxxJan 23, 2008. 9:07 AM

We don't say aluminum.

We don't have that word in our dictionary.

It even upsets the Firefox spell-checker.

The word we use is aluminium.

theburn7 in reply to KitemanJun 3, 2008. 5:42 PM

weird, i never say anything incorrect, but whenever i do say something correct, somebody in the US corrects me. Wateva. Aluminum doesnt upset the firefox dictionary here, weird

zoxx in reply to KitemanJan 23, 2008. 9:42 AM

fantastic. keep it up. *_*

chalky in reply to zoxxJan 23, 2008. 7:53 AM

you say tamato we say tomato lol

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killerjackalope in reply to zoxxJan 22, 2008. 7:04 PM

in practice it's sounds better than illuminum but the whole word is ridiculous...

zachninme in reply to KitemanJan 22, 2008. 5:32 PM

I still can't get over /soddering/ vs /soldering/

Steamdnt in reply to zachninmeSep 22, 2008. 7:29 PM

i head a better one a couple days ago, he pronounced it Saldering

Bran in reply to zachninmeJan 22, 2008. 6:21 PM

Me either - I prefer the latter.

zachninme in reply to BranJan 24, 2008. 1:19 PM

I just realized I can...
I thought I had a problem, but I *was* saying it right!

GorillazMiko in reply to KitemanJan 22, 2008. 4:23 PM

I used to think it was sohlduring. Not spelled that way, but not said as "Solduring", which is the right way.

Tool Using Animal in reply to KitemanJan 22, 2008. 4:21 PM

I do, but my friends look at me funny.

joejoerowley in reply to KitemanJan 22, 2008. 4:11 PM

Because we are not as cool as you tea drinkers. ( I actually like tea, but don't let the US Government know. They will have me killed) :)

teaaddict314 in reply to joejoerowleyJan 22, 2008. 4:52 PM

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joejoerowley in reply to teaaddict314Jan 22, 2008. 4:54 PM

Not where I live. Where I live old people drink tea and everyone else gets shit faced (drunk) and goes ice fishing. Call me weird. JK (BTW I never gotten shit faced or gone ice fishing) I dont really feel the need to sit on a frozen lake for hours at a time freezing my ass off.