"The main body of this report describes in detail these risks and
others, including privacy risks in MMO's, in-game access-control
vulnerabilities, scripting vulnerabilities, denial of service, spam
and
threats to minors, before making a number of recommendations on how to
remedy them."

[link]

Dear all,
Virtual Communities such as XING, MySpace, YouTube or StudiVZ are here to
stay on the Internet landscape.
Online companies see an auspicious future in these communities, full of
new revenue sources and lots of
seemingly free user-generated content. It is quickly becoming apparent,
however, that communities don't

Hi Justin, Fiona & crew

Justin your post made me laugh, we're fighting the same battle from
opposite ends of the spectrum. I have to be very forthright (and
confident) about my "demands" which seems like an unnecessary way of
getting things done, and I'm trying to change this.

As we a part of a diversified (yet incorporating traditional) media

It's not always about increasing membership, it's about retaining membership
-- which is something we forget about at times. Maybe you need to come from
a different angle with your boss and detail the need for things to prevent
the community dying rather than a requirement for the community to grow?

Hi all

I have been lurking, reading the threads with interest. I shall reply to
some of the earlier questions when I have a moment, but I´m kinda snowed
under at the moment!

Justin´s question is rather relevent to me as well, so I´d also be keen to
hear any of your thoughts and ideas!

Seeing as people seem to becoming more active (which is great!) I'd like
to pick the collective brain.
"As for stats - I would be wary of guaranteeing you can increase membership until you know what resources you have...If there are obvious improvements you could make - enquire about them - this might provide insight into how the company operates and just how hard or

I studied journalism (sometime ago now ;), went into publishing, moved
from mags to online, worked as Content Producer - the job partially
involved moderation. Communities/social media became my main interest
and I pursued that. I approached a start-up and worked for them for a
little while before I applied for a great role with a large media org.

Hi Shanan,

I graduated from USC with a B.A. in Communications wanting to work in
the music industry or internet. Being a heavy internet user at the
time i did a lot of online promotion, street team/ guerilla marketing
work. Luckily, social networks were on the rise and i got hired at a
small company that was looking for a CM to build out the online arm of

I've got a BA in Community Education and worked "offline" for a long time in
community development/social policy & research.
I participated as a volunteer in the deviantART community before being
offered a paid position, worked for 3 years in various different positions
and teams and now I'm in a Director position, leading Community Operations.

Hi all,
I started as web editor, and answering mails from users, we had so
many mails and petitions that the orhnisation decides to start forums
and otehr participation spaces and asked me to facilitate, this was
during the organisatrion Forum barcelona 2004 ([link])
around 1998 to 2003. Then I moved to [link] to do the same

Hey everybody, specifically Shanan and Tikva:
For what it's worth, I started about 7 years ago as a volunteer
moderator, then got offered a job when mods and community managers were
still making below poverty level wages (CDN$15,000 a year). Eventually I
moved on, got asked to consult for a startup, then joined a community

How did you become an online community manager? Did you fall into
it? Did your company start a community and you were tasked with
managing it?

I have a background in communications and journalism and I'm wondering
how to make the jump.

Thanks,
Shanan

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for website stats showing Before Community Manager Hire vs
After Community Manager Hire measuring the increase of user member
registrations and active user counts. I do not need specific numbers-
a percent change will do. Might someone here be able to help?

Context: I am looking for my first job as a Community Manager and part

Looking for a Community Manager for an online dating site-the position
is inhouse and based in Los Angeles, CA-please contact me if you would
like to know more. Thanks!

Hi all,

Just received a pointless piece of spam from Michael R. Nall through
the IOCMA member mailing list.

And a rather pointless invite to a mid-sized business event.

As community managers we have daily have to deal with all kinds of
Spam and gaming groups and forums becoming the victims of phishing

"Today, there are 26 million small businesses in the U.S. that
generate roughly $5 trillion in annual sales. If they were a country
that would make them the 2nd largest economy in the world!"
[link]

You are invited to join our alliance of more than 500 independent

Depending on how 'cute' this is supposed to be looking, you will in all
cases be using something where you do kick them out.
I would look for a tool where you can mute / moderate as in nobody
is able to say anything anymore. Then there is no problem with
being in the chat but can't do anything anymore.

Hi, I'm also interested in this answer, pls can you share it?
2008/2/6, Brenda Young <bg.you...@gmail.com>:

hi there,

I just stumpled upon (sic!) this group. my name is andreas, I'm 32
years old and live in leipzig (Germany). I am leading the
brand&communiations team at spreadshirt (a service that offers free
merchandising shops and customized apparel).

Community is very important to us, without the ideas of our customers

Thanks! That was fast. I'll check it out.
-Brenda