Comments on: Aikido Moves for Online Community Management: The Basics

By: Dopp Juice » Blog Archive » Personal Ad for My Next Professional Love Affair

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:02:11 +0000

[...] little more about me… I’ve founded and nurtured several online communities that grew in size and scope over time by natural interest. I’m fascinated with what drives [...]

By: Maria

Maria — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:43:51 +0000

What a great and thorough post! Very much agree with the setting the tone part. And great point about not preemptively punishing for something they may do.

Looking forward to reading more!

Maria

By: Sue

Sue — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:04:47 +0000

I so agree with, “Set the tone, and the tone, will maintain the tone.” This is so true. If a CM, and a community’s moderators, set and keep true to the tone it sends a clear signal to the members and readers of a community.

By: Catherine Taylor

Catherine Taylor — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:17:27 +0000

Good stuff, Sarah! :) Then again, I hardly expected otherwise.

I smile wryly at the hint that you should write a book on this (or any other) topic – as someone who’s been on the receiving end of such suggestions, more times than I can count, my answer has become “you write yours, first, put yourself out there, first, and then come back and suggest to me that I should put myself through all that”.

By: sarah

sarah — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:33:26 +0000

*hides*

By: Alan Bostick

Alan Bostick — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:23:20 +0000

There’s just one problem. Every time I try to write this blog post, it keeps growing to the size of a book.

You do realize you have friends who work in publishing, don’t you?