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Like Herding LOLcats: Managing the Internet's Most Unruly Gaming Communities Mike Drach Writer/Producer, Forumwarz What is Forumwarz? Finding an audience Finding an audience The troll reigns supreme shocking! (not really though) Perma-

Like Herding LOLcats: Managing the Internet's Most Unruly Gaming Communities Mike Drach Writer/Producer, Forumwarz
What is Forumwarz?
Finding an audience
Finding an audience
The troll reigns supreme — shocking! (not really though) Perma- noob 1% Emo Kid Camwhore 22% 21% Hacker 30% Troll 47%
Role-play spices things up
Lesson learned #1 Never take it personally
Never take it personally poop.
Lesson learned #2 Show no weakness ( but don’t show off )
Show no weakness (but don’t show off)
Have you hugged a troll today? Photo by tlcohio on Photobucket
Lesson learned #3 Choose your mods wisely
Choose your mods wisely
Lesson learned #4 Have the right tools
Have the right tools
Have the right tools
Lesson learned #5 Be timely, but not too timely
Be timely, but not too timely
Lesson learned #6 Be human, but present a unified front
Be human, but present a unified front
Lesson learned #7 Let the haters hate
Let the haters hate
Let the haters hate
Lesson learned #8 Throw the book at them
Throw the book at them Forumwarz’s TL;DR rules: 1,850 words! Image by Arabidopsis on DeviantART
Throw the book at them ● Frequently add, update and append rules ● Be transparent about rulemaking ● Know your own rules!
Lesson learned #9 Keep your enemies close
Keep your enemies close ● Ignore/Reply/Ban? Meditate on it ● Community/hellbans/disenvowelment can be better ● Sometimes it pays to simply reach out ● Permanent or long bans can lead to offsite trolling, which is harder to control
Lesson learned #10 Don’t underestimate your users
What’s the worst they can do? ● Posting shock ● Posting illegal content ● Orchestrating hacks or scams ● Posting personal information (“ doxing ”) ● Attacking your reputation on other sites
What’s the worst they can do?
Balancing player energies
Trolls can be your friends! ● Trolls are just the most visible, vocal minority ● Try to “jiu - jitsu” their energies ● Your community can be your most valuable resource
This is a pony that shoots chainsaws from its mouth.
Community management FTW!
A mod-est proposal ● Let’s wikify a game community code of conduct ● Adapt it to fit your site ● Hit up mike@forumwarz.com for details!
K? Thanks! Bye!
Find us on the webs: www.forumwarz.com And on the Twitters: @forumwarz @mikedrach

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