Toni

I am always looking for feedback on my community and I take any kind of criticism seriously, as long as the feedback and criticism are done politely, I would have no reason to ban the person in question. I would however ban a super user if they broke any rules that were bad enough to warrant a ban or if they became overly abusive and aggressive.

I used to be driven by numbers and charts early on in my community leader days, never did I once thought that focusing on numbers and charts would lead to me feeling discouraged and like I was not good enough as a community leader. I have now learned that numbers are not something you should focus on but instead the content and the quality of that content, once you understand that and stop focusing on the numbers, you will feel so much better.

Getting discouraged as a community leader can happen so easily and when you least expect it. I have been discouraged many times when leading a community and it can often allow you to feel as though nothing will work, sometimes even the thought of giving up can cross your mind. Times when I have felt discouraged, I have walked away for a little while and come back feeling fresh and ready to tackle anything that was making me feel discouraged.

Someone who posts a lot within a community or forum is not what I would call a spammer unless the posts they made were pointless and purposely spammy to gain that post count and even that little bit of money they were being paid for the content. Spam to me is when you see someone posting a lot of pointless content throughout a forum and in some cases, that also contains links.

I have always referred to the community I lead as being our community rather than my community. My way of looking at this is that if I have community members who are contributing to the content within the community then it is not my content but our content and therefore it is our community as we are all contributing in some way to the success of the community.

Manual approval as much as it can be frustrating to deal with, often is used by community owners because of the influx of spam accounts that find a way through spam prevention. I have used manual approval in the past due to spam prevention not catching all spammers and it does help.

Many freelancers tend to get hired to spam links within communities by those they are hired by. This is something that is common and is often taken on by those who live in poorer countries and are willing to do things like this for money.

Having conflict within a community is not something any community leader or admin wants to see and it is something they would much rather avoid if at all possible. When it comes to conflicts within the community, I prefer to deal with them swiftly and discreetly and I prefer to see them dealt with that way within communities where I am an active user.

I am a huge music lover and never go a day without listening to some kind of music that I enjoy. Music has a great way of uplifting us and motivating us, it is quite amazing how music can have that effect on someone but it is great that we have that option. I enjoy listening to music no matter what I am doing and have found that I get more done when I have music playing.

$5000 is a lot of money and there is so much anyone who receives that amount could do with it, it could also benefit them greatly if they choose to use it wisely. If I were given $5000 to spend on anything, I would invest it into something I knew would benefit me long-term.

I have visited communities on a mobile device when I have been looking for support or even solutions to issues I have had in the past, but engaging within an online forum is not something I tend to do on my mobile device.

I was brought up to be organized and I have taken that into my adult life and would say I am very organized which helps a lot with my busy schedule. I have seen how people tend to be unorganized to such an extent that they struggle to keep up with their busy lifestyles and I couldn't be anything like that.

Spam has always been an instant turn-off for me in a community. If I find a community, I take a look around and I find that spam has been allowed to stay within the community without being dealt with, I will walk away and not return. You will be surprised at how many community leaders leave their communities to run themselves and not worry about spam.

The Internet is used for so much nowadays from working online to getting access to the news and goings on around the world. When you lose internet you realize just how much we rely on the internet and how much runs only because we have an internet connection. I am a firm believer that the internet should be a human right and that everyone should have access to the internet even if it is a low package that allows them to get online.

This is a great way to support your friend. I can only imagine how someone feels losing their hair due to cancer and it is always nice to see support for those who find it hard. I am unsure of what causes balding but I did hear a while back that it may be genetic which would make sense. I have met many people who choose to be bald because they find it to be better to manage without hair.