Lots of good points, thx for sharing. I tried a few of those already. But I may be doing it wrong, or expecting too much, too. Note that I’m not complaining, I’m fine with people making choice. I’m just surprised of the ratio between the rather large number of subscribers and noticeably smaller number of active contributors.
As the admin/mod of the community I want to think it should not be my task to post content and keep the community alive. I mean, beside relaying ‘official’ news and updates to the community ideally I should not be much visible as the admin. I see myself as a mere janitor/plumber of the community, making sure things work. I don’t want to weigh in too much.
As a matter of fact, I’m so worried about that that I quickly created a separated account for my admin activities next to my main ID, as a ‘normal’ contributor without any extra privilege. I don’t even allow my admin-self to participate in the discussions, for example (I sometimes do it, by mistake as I forgot what account I’m logged in). Maybe it’s a mistake to separate them, but I really don’t want for subscribers to think I ‘own’ the community when I contribute (which I have not done much in the last few months, as explained)
I’m just surprised of the ratio between the rather large number of subscribers and noticeably smaller number of active contributors.
There’s a saying that I’m trying to remember: something like, for every 1 poster/commenter, there are 9 people who only upvote/downvote, and another 99 who read but only lurk. It makes sense. I usually post or comment SOMEWHERE at least once a day, but there’s a lot more stuff that I read but don’t interact with. It would be exhausting to comment on everything I read. It also makes sense that there are people who just want to consume but don’t feel they have anything to say anywhere.
Maybe it’s a mistake to separate them,
I get it… it makes sense to have a non-mod acccount so you can be like: “I am not speaking in my capacity as admin when I say…”
Lots of good points, thx for sharing. I tried a few of those already. But I may be doing it wrong, or expecting too much, too. Note that I’m not complaining, I’m fine with people making choice. I’m just surprised of the ratio between the rather large number of subscribers and noticeably smaller number of active contributors.
As the admin/mod of the community I want to think it should not be my task to post content and keep the community alive. I mean, beside relaying ‘official’ news and updates to the community ideally I should not be much visible as the admin. I see myself as a mere janitor/plumber of the community, making sure things work. I don’t want to weigh in too much.
As a matter of fact, I’m so worried about that that I quickly created a separated account for my admin activities next to my main ID, as a ‘normal’ contributor without any extra privilege. I don’t even allow my admin-self to participate in the discussions, for example (I sometimes do it, by mistake as I forgot what account I’m logged in). Maybe it’s a mistake to separate them, but I really don’t want for subscribers to think I ‘own’ the community when I contribute (which I have not done much in the last few months, as explained)
Edit: typos.
There’s a saying that I’m trying to remember: something like, for every 1 poster/commenter, there are 9 people who only upvote/downvote, and another 99 who read but only lurk. It makes sense. I usually post or comment SOMEWHERE at least once a day, but there’s a lot more stuff that I read but don’t interact with. It would be exhausting to comment on everything I read. It also makes sense that there are people who just want to consume but don’t feel they have anything to say anywhere.
I get it… it makes sense to have a non-mod acccount so you can be like: “I am not speaking in my capacity as admin when I say…”