"Fun" and Games Podcast · Matt Storm and Gen Moonen

Episode 201: Mastering Community Management

·54 min·4 clips
Victoria Tran thought writing a book would be easy—until she realized it was her Icarus moment flying too close to the sun.
Victoria Tran, author of 'Mastering Community Management' and community manager at Inner Sloth, discusses her book's origins, the chaos of writing about social media, and insights into managing gaming communities with humor and strategy.

As heard by us

A calm, practical look at the judgment work behind community management.

The episode treats community management as judgment under pressure: noticing when people are angry, sad, amused, or confused, then choosing whether to pause before replying.

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Why you'd press play

Victoria Tran on cooling a heated community before you hit send.

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