Good design helps a website stand out; even more importantly, it increases engagement and the amount of time a user will spend on your site. How users feel about your brand, how they engage with it, can be largely dictated by how user-friendly and pleasant to look at your website is.
Read moreCategory: Community Management
Guidelines, advice and shared experience in managing online communities
Social Networking, Privacy and Constructing Identity
Facebook is, for the most part, not a particularly good representation of what people’s lives are really like; their profiles represent how they want to be perceived. A happy marriage, a busy social life, an image constructed through careful filtering of content.
Read moreGuilty By Association: Reddit and Monetizing Hate Speech
A few days ago, Reginald Braithwaite posted an excellent piece titled “So Long, Reddit,” in which he stated that he would no longer contribute to a website that makes money off hate speech.
Read moreYou’ve Got Mail: On Social Media and Channels of Communication
You’ve got mail…and new mentions…and new direct messages…
Read moreThe Easy Way To Create A Social Network Like Facebook
Have you ever wanted to create a social network that looks like Facebook, acts like Facebook but is all yours?
Your community. Your topic. Your management.
Read moreDo We “Need” Social Media?
While researching the Essena O’Neill saga, I came across this video on YouTube…
Read moreWhat to do when your social network grows too big
If all goes well (and why shouldn’t it?) your community should keep growing. It will attract new members. Those members will post and comment, interact with followers and tell their friends…
Read moreThe one reason your community members are leaving
Just as new members should continually join your community, so you’ll also find that older members leave. They’ll stop posting, stop commenting, and eventually they’ll delete their profiles.
Read moreMoods Bring Smiles — And Engagement!
They should be a small thing, but emojis that depict emotions have become an intrinsic part of social media communication. Fast to type and easy to understand, they’re a natural language for mobile phones and small screens.
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