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		<title>Hilarious Conversation Between Member and Staff Member: I’m a Jerk and I’m Also Wrong</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[At my communities, we are proactive when it comes to defending the rights of others, in fairly clear cut matters. There are people out there who are tickled to allow hotlinking, mass copying and pasting of copyrighted articles and blog posts and unbelievable piracy, just as long as no one calls them on it. When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t Let Anyone Intimidate or Belittle Members Who Report Posts to Staff</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2008/11/25/dont-let-anyone-intimidate-or-belittle-members-who-report-posts-to-staff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, on one of my communities, there was a member who had a post removed. He didn&#8217;t care for this and in his next reply, on the very same thread, he talked about how someone had &#8220;snitched&#8221; on him. His aim, of course, was to speak poorly of the person who supposedly reported him to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Dear Moderator, Here is a Post That Requires Attention. Sincerely, Moderator”</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2008/11/22/dear-moderator-here-is-a-post-that-requires-attention-sincerely-moderator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Some communities have moderators who only have power in individual forums. This post is not about these communities. This post is about communities who give their moderators power in most if not all forums. Some would call them &#8220;Super Moderators,&#8221; but I just call them moderators because, for the most part, the guidelines will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Can We Affiliate?” “Sorry, I’m Not Interested.” “Yeah, Me Neither. Your Site is Boring, Anyway.”</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2008/11/19/can-we-affiliate-sorry-im-not-interested-yeah-me-neither-your-site-is-boring-anyway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Funny story. I had someone send me a message on AOL Instant Messenger and tell me that they were interested in affiliating with my site. They wanted to know what my traffic was. So, I thanked them for their interest and asked what their website was.
I took a look at it and while it looked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: “Avoiding Disaster: How Not to Use Social Media” Panel at Blog World &amp; New Media Expo 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2008/11/16/video-avoiding-disaster-how-not-to-use-social-media-panel-at-blog-world-new-media-expo-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2008/11/16/video-avoiding-disaster-how-not-to-use-social-media-panel-at-blog-world-new-media-expo-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Managing Online Forums (Book)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Press]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In September, I went to the Blog World &#38; New Media Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada and spoke on a pair of panels (Blog World Expo 2008 recap). The final panel that I spoke on was called &#8220;Avoiding Disaster: How Not to Use Social Media.&#8221; Here&#8217;s the panel description:
This panel will discuss how not to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: SuccessfoolTV Discussion on Forums, Communities and Social Media</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2008/11/13/video-successfooltv-discussion-on-forums-communities-and-social-media/</link>
		<comments>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2008/11/13/video-successfooltv-discussion-on-forums-communities-and-social-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On last night&#8217;s episode of SuccessfoolTV, I came on to talk about online community, forums, social media, the book and more. I thought it went really well and that it was really informative, so I wanted to share it. You can check it out below.
Live TV by Ustream
Thank you to Alejandro for having me and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Live Video Interview Tonight on SuccessfoolTV with Alejandro Reyes</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2008/11/12/live-video-interview-tonight-on-successfooltv-with-alejandro-reyes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2008/11/12/live-video-interview-tonight-on-successfooltv-with-alejandro-reyes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight at 9 PM ET, I will be participating in an (approximately) hour long live video interviews with Alejandro Reyes of SuccessfoolTV. We&#8217;ll be talking about online community, how you can market yourself on forums, and more. It&#8217;ll be on the Successfool Ustream.TV channel and, if you are free, please stop by! Thanks.
Is this worth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Co-Hosting the Copyright 2.0 Show and the SitePoint Podcast</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2008/11/10/co-hosting-the-copyright-20-show-and-the-sitepoint-podcast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2008/11/10/co-hosting-the-copyright-20-show-and-the-sitepoint-podcast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m happy to say that I am now co-hosting a pair of podcasts (when it rains, it pours). First, the Copyright 2.0 Show with my friend Jonathan Bailey of PlagiarismToday, who I recently met in person for the first time at ConvergeSouth. It&#8217;s a weekly podcast dedicated to copyright related issues. As a content creator, I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outreach Crosses a Line When You Use a Space That is Not Yours to Use</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2008/11/08/outreach-crosses-a-line-when-you-use-a-space-that-is-not-yours-to-use/</link>
		<comments>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2008/11/08/outreach-crosses-a-line-when-you-use-a-space-that-is-not-yours-to-use/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[During the &#8220;Avoiding Disaster: How Not to Use Social Media&#8221; panel at Blog World Expo, Ricardo Bueno asked about outreach, specifically tied to promoting a blog, and how aggressive you can be, with that outreach. Check out the video below of the question and answer, care of Lynn Terry.

My answer was, basically, that I feel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ConvergeSouth 2008 and the Independent Blogging Conference at Greensboro Recap</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2008/11/01/convergesouth-2008-and-the-independent-blogging-conference-at-greensboro-recap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2008/11/01/convergesouth-2008-and-the-independent-blogging-conference-at-greensboro-recap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago, I traveled to a pair of conferences in Greensboro, North Carolina. I have now made some headway into my to do pile, so I wanted to take some time to write up a recap while it was still relatively fresh in my mind. What follows is my personal recap of [...]]]></description>
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