“When I was looking for the job in community … a lot of these companies were really looking for business development or sales or growth hacking. They were just sugar coating it with the title ‘community manager,’ which was really interesting to me because I know that for them it sounded appealing but they really didn’t want to invest in communities.” –Shreyas Narayanan Kutty

https://www.communitysignal.com/join-for-the-code-stay-for-the-community/

[Blog post] rOpenSci Code of Conduct Annual Review by
Natalia Morandeira, @mpadge and @yabellini

Every year we conduct a review of our code of conduct and the functioning of the committee. Learn more about the updates for version 2.5 of rOpenSci’s Code of Conduct and #CoC committee activities during 2024.

https://ropensci.org/blog/2025/03/21/conduct2024/

[Blog Post] Template To Handle Code of Conduct Incidents Reports
by Natalia Morandeira and @yabellini

Learn how rOpenSci’s template provides a structured approach to effectively and confidentially analyze Code of Conduct incident reports.

https://ropensci.org/blog/2025/03/20/coc-incident-template/

Higher Logic failed in its commitment to users of Vanilla Forums, an open source community software, and that's a real shame. It's also something that community pros cannot afford to forget.

https://open.vanillaforums.com/discussion/39620/higher-logic-has-terminated-open-source-vanilla

Working online community, moderation, trust, safety, and policy in the Trump era. All jokes I swear.

“We [online community pros] should advocate for those higher roles because each time one of us does that, each time someone insists that they get the director title instead of the community manager title because their job reflects it … instead of just accepting that they can be community manager because, hey, the money’s good and I’m being paid like a director, it matters. …

From 2018, about automated content moderation tools: “The really important thing for us in the industry is probably going to be avoiding that old tech problem which is that there’s this piece of technology and it can solve everything. …

“The technology is really a tool. Just because you have a good tool you can’t just have one person wield it. … You’re going to need a lot of people using the same tool to truly be effective.” –@bassey

https://www.communitysignal.com/how-the-new-york-times-is-building-thoughtful-comment-sections-in-the-trump-era/

“My goal as the global community manager is to have a model or multiple models lined up side-by-side that I can show to anyone at the company and they will say, ‘I can get behind these numbers.’” -Meredith Humphrey

https://www.communitysignal.com/how-spotifys-rock-star-program-empowers-and-rewards-community-super-users/

In about 5 minutes, NCMEC (the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children) will cease to have funding because of Donald Trump's freeze on grants from the U.S. Department of Justice. This is a community, moderation, trust, and safety emergency.

Just published my deep dive into NodeBB 4.0.0 - and it's a game-changer!

The forum software now supports full ActivityPub federation, connecting your community to the fediverse. Plus major performance boosts and enhanced controls.

Read my full analysis here: https://www.2tonwaffle.com/nodebb-400-a-game-changing-release-with-activitypub-federation/

“The domination of the major [social media] platforms isn’t infinite. It’s going to end one day. It’s our responsibility to think about what we are going to build in its place.” –@bassey

https://www.communitysignal.com/building-inclusive-communities-workplaces-and-an-inclusive-profession/

“When I hear people invoke free speech on a for-profit social media site, not only does that not exist today, it never has existed, and it never will exist. Let’s deal with what reality is actually giving us and talk about that instead of these fantasies that actually are pretty much not good for anyone involved.” –@ubiquity75

https://www.communitysignal.com/elon-musks-quest-to-make-twitter-worse/

Join the Mautic Community Team Onboarding Call

Date: 17th January

Time: 11:00 AM UTC (Find your local time: https://everytimezone.com/s/321ccfe0)

Join the meeting: https://community.mautic.org/assemblies/community-team/f/5/meetings/261

Kick off the year by connecting with our vibrant open source ecosystem and shaping the future of marketing automation!

Be part of something amazing – we can’t wait to see you there!

“This is higher education so we want people to express themselves in an academic way. They need to be able to remain respectful and they need to be able to use sources and facts and evidence because this is the game that we call science, and you’re not allowed to just to give your opinion. We keep challenging the users and explaining to them what we expect. Surprisingly, that works.” –@BieTanjade

https://www.communitysignal.com/higher-educations-troll-hunter/

“It’s sometimes much easier to just do the whole project by yourself end-to-end, but just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. It always counts for more when you can do it with other people. …

“If it’s really, truly a community, which presupposes a shared ownership, and a shared culture, and shared activity, you cannot and should not attempt to do anything by yourself.” -Maria Ogneva

https://www.communitysignal.com/acing-your-next-community-job-search/

Serie Dos años y 12 proyectos en rOpenSci como Community Manager

Proyecto 4 - Eventos de la comunidad

Organizar eventos de distinto tipo forma parte mi trabajo como community manager. He aquí un resumen de los eventos que he organizado para rOpenSci

https://yabellini.netlify.app/blog/2024-12-14-ropensci-2years-commevents/

Serie Two years and twelve projects as Community Manager at rOpenSci

Project 4 - Community Events: Organizing different types of events is part of my job as Community Manager. Here is a recap of the kind of event I have been organizing for @ropensci.org

https://yabellini.netlify.app/blog/2024-12-14-ropensci-2years-commevents-en/