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Why artsy communities are often toxic and can they not?

Why artsy? Why toxic? Why often? How to grow a non-toxic community where creative people can express themselves and feel welcome.

May 24, 2021
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In real life, we have more context - body language, voice tone, environment - to assess what is going on and feel welcome after a possibly bad joke. Or not.

While online we only have our assumptions. It is sarcasm, a tasteless joke or am I bullied because this is the culture of this particular corner of the internet?

Or perhaps I brought my bad experience from the previous times I was bullied and unconsciously did escalate a possibly innocent (just cringy) joke?

In the middle of this episode, we’re kicking Olle out of the livestream. For reasons.

Is it toxic behaviour? He agrees it was not:

  • it wasn’t personal

  • he just didn’t fit the mood of the dialog

  • he was still welcome to listen in and join the discussion

I was singing Britney’s “With a taste of your lips, I'm on a ride, You're toxic, I'm slippin' under” while editing the video and he got inspired. Now the audio-only version of this show has a very special intro and outro. It is premium only, but you can get a Premium account for free for 30 days:

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This episode ☝️ is also available in your favourite podcasts app if you’re a Premium subscriber.

Guest:

Lukasz - Software Monk, Drummer, Music Designer

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Hosts:

Community builders and digital content creators. Available for contract work.

  • Lera: artist, full-time gen z, queen 👑

  • Karina: business leader​, money 🤑

  • Anna: founder, writer, engineer 👩🏻‍🔬

  • Olle: product, devrel, tech 🎥

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Upcoming episodes:

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  • Running a Discord server for anime artists - Aigerim Aimova - Usagi Shop

  • Calculating ROI and putting business numbers to a community - Nick Dijkstra - Co-Founder & Product at Port

  • Why Community Owner is not a Community Manager - Vincent Boon - Giants Technology

  • Using online events to build sustainable communities - Jana Boruta - HashiCorp

  • Developer communities and developer relations in 2021 - Alex Lakatos - Fidel API, Developer Avocados Weekly

  • Why businesses want to own communities in 2021 - Ashley Friedlein - Guild, Econsultancy

  • How to monetize community builders - Carmen Taubman - Unity, Community Coach

  • Soft confirmation from David Spinks - Cofounder of CMX, VP Community at Bevy

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We’re still puzzled about how we didn’t get bigger traction. Bad copy? Bad imagery? Wrong time or something else? We’d be delighted to get your feedback too on this.

What do you like and do not like about The Communities Show?

Olle tried to find all people who supported us and gave away premium subscriptions. If you didn’t get it, please reply or email olle@communities.show

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