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Not true imho

I think this statement needs a citation: "Coworking is not only about the physical place, but about establishing the coworking community first." To me coworking space is just about a place to work away from home. I don't want to be involved in any community building. I just want a desk that's not in the same place I sleep.82.2.100.205 (talk) 23:58, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Then, please, us a business center. That is something different. In a coworking space, we want community driven people. You are still welcome but it can happen that you start to like the community and see more in the space than just your work. You were warned ;) 109.42.3.93 (talk) 10:29, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

I have to add to my indignation at the "community-first" claim as fact. It is not fact, but opinion, with a citation to another opinion that has no further references to credible sources. To suggest that a coworking business must first create a community is ideological claptrap. To also state that any business starting from a non-community mindset must be a real estate "player" is nothing but shallow vitriol. It's quite feasible to first think of a coworking space as individuals who prefer to have a "base" from which to work outside of the home, and the essential facilities that come with it. The entrepreneur could then ask themselves "what kind of space would I love to work in" and use this as a philosophy. A community can then arise out of the (entirely random) group of people who are attracted to the provisions of the space and the owner's philosophy. Space and philosophy go hand in hand. But to claim the formulation of community comes first is putting the horse before the cart. A business should be agile, and open to a culture that forms organically, rather than trying to force a "community" down people's throats. It's primarily a place of work, after all, not some theme park. The business owner should think about the space, comfort, how quiet it will be, what facilities will be available, hours of operation, and yes even keep a certain demographic in mind (as possibly a niche market), and use these as selling points certainly. But it does not necessarily have to start with a community-first ideology. This is backwards thinking. Lfeuerbach (talk) 10:48, 20 May 2018 (UTC)

In answer to Lfeuerbach: I think we just see the world differently. Example: We needed a way to get from A to B faster and more reliable, so we started working on the invention of the car. Only with that idea in our mind (better movement) we developed the technical details.

For Coworking Spaces this means: We want a community of like-mindeed people. So we build a coworking space - and then work out the technical details. And yes, if we did not want a community, but "just" a working place, the result would be different. Then we would work from home, or in small boxes.

So in my world it is very clear, that community is the first part of the coworking space and that *IS* a must. Everything else is sometih´hing different. (And, as life goes, a coworking space can become something else, and something else can become a coworking space.) 46.5.80.176 (talk) 13:37, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

Did you even read my comment? I'm sorry, but you don't get to decide what is a coworking space and what isn't. (This user did not sign his comment :( and it is niot clear what the reference for his words are).