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Managing the Memberbase
Topic Started: Jan 18 2009, 08:12 AM (651 Views)
Lithium ³
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Do you ever find it too difficult to deal with your memberbase or keep your users happy?

Discuss your tactics for managing the memberbase here.
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Arianna ³
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It's never an easy job, my motto is the greatest happiness for the greatest number. I give the majority what they want assuming I'm fine with their demands.
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Arianna
Jan 18 2009, 08:17 AM
It's never an easy job, my motto is the greatest happiness for the greatest number. I give the majority what they want assuming I'm fine with their demands.
That seems like a pretty good idea but what happens if the members want something and you don't.. doesn't that break down the bond between the members and the staff team?
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Arianna ³
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Usually the majority has more than a lick of sense so I doubt they'd want something stupid like a useless code to do something nifty.

If they do, I'd explain my reasoning and that would usually do it for most. Usually I like to co-operate though.
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Not really. I've been lucky so far. My members like what I do since I usually listen to their suggestions and they're happy that way.

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Nivexonix
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I rarely have trouble managing members, though it depends on how the staff is set up as to how I will act. If I am the sole admin with no staff, then I tend to appease the members. If I am a staffer on a team, the team will make a decision together so that the forum works as good as it can as a whole. Same way if I am a manager, but I may have more say in what happens. Generally though, I think the members who I personally deal with are kept happy.
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No, I don't because I don't really worry about it. I have smart ways of boosting activity and whatnot, but I like to wing it and just be myself like I'm a regular member. If a member steps out of line, I take the appropriate action and try my best to treat everyone the same.
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Arianna
Jan 18 2009, 08:17 AM
It's never an easy job, my motto is the greatest happiness for the greatest number. I give the majority what they want assuming I'm fine with their demands.
Basically you are a utilitarianist when it comes to forums. Not a bad philosophy to run a forum on at all, but as you said, you need to know when to draw that line.
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I rarely have problems. I like to run my boards as if I was a member on them as well. I listen to their suggestions, hold surveys, speak with the staff and usually end up implementing a new idea or changing an old one. If I was to be on the board as a member, would I be happy? If I can't answer yes, I re-evaluate my approach.
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Nivexonix
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corpora
Jan 18 2009, 09:15 PM
I rarely have problems. I like to run my boards as if I was a member on them as well. I listen to their suggestions, hold surveys, speak with the staff and usually end up implementing a new idea or changing an old one. If I was to be on the board as a member, would I be happy? If I can't answer yes, I re-evaluate my approach.
That is perhaps one of the best management tactics I've heard. I don't think many look at it from another perspective, I know I didn't until I read that post.
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