Bad Community Advice
Bad Community Advice
Podcast Description
Not all community-building advice is created equal—and some of it is downright awful.
Hosted by Seth Resler, this show features conversations with seasoned community professionals who share the worst advice they’ve received—and what they’ve learned the hard way.
It’s part reality check, part therapy session, and all about helping you build better communities by avoiding the mistakes others already made.
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The podcast focuses on community management strategies, exploring common pitfalls and bad advice received by industry professionals. Episodes like 'Ignore the Lurkers' discuss the importance of listening to all community members, while 'You Need a Thick Skin' emphasizes handling conflict with emotional intelligence. Another episode, 'If You Build It, They Will Come,' warns against the misconception that creating a great community space alone guarantees participation.
Not all community-building advice is created equal—and some of it is downright awful.
Hosted by Seth Resler, this show features conversations with seasoned community professionals who share the worst advice they’ve received—and what they’ve learned the hard way.
It’s part reality check, part therapy session, and all about helping you build better communities by avoiding the mistakes others already made.
If you build it, they will come. It’s one of the most common—and most expensive—mistakes new community builders make. Jono Bacon of Stateshifthas spent decades helping organizations build thriving communities, from open source software projects to global technology companies. In this episode, he explains why launching a forum, Discord server, or Mighty Network is the easy part. Getting people to show up—and keep coming back—is something else entirely. Jono shares why community isn’t a platform, why events often matter more than online spaces, and how inviting members to help shape the community creates far more engagement than simply giving them another place to consume content. If you’re planning to launch a community—or wondering why the one you’ve already built feels empty—this conversation will help you avoid one of the biggest traps in community building.
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