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MAXQDA 2020 Software Problem
I m doing direct coding in MAXQDA 2020 software, I want to choose for example 3 words as a code, when i want to mark it in blue to give the code, instead of choosing only that three words, a big blue ...
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How do I monetize a Discord community server?
So 6 months ago I created a Discord community server for a speedrunning community for a game I moderate on speedrun.com. While it hasn't been doing that well, I am trying to plan ahead and am trying ...
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How do I monetize my community?
I started a smaller niche community a year ago and it has been growing ever since, the community is extremely positive and vibrant and I'm extremely happy with how far it has come.
As the community ...
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What to do when someone provides support money?
I run a nonprofit project and someone supports me with money. Beside thanking them, what else I can do?
Should I publicly thank them, so that (1) they are proud, and (2) others will be motivated?
If ...
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How to monetize my business community?
I have created an online business community which has approx. 20 000 monthly pageviews. The functionality is similar to cragislist or quikr, online classified ads. I am trying to figure out how I can ...
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How did you successfully introduce Slack and on-board your community?
I'd like to know about your experiences on-boarding a community specifically related to Slack.
How did you introduce your community to what Slack is, why you're choosing the platform, and how the ...
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How can a community raise funds to help offset costs, even if site is non commercial?
I run a very small community with a nascent population (online; not associated with a geographical area). Even though my intention is to not necessarily create a profitable business out of this ...
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Small web page with news and files
I'm a part of a band, and it happens, that I'm most tech advanced guy of all. We have troubles organizing our notes and we somehow solved them, using Google drive. Now we have some concerts and we ...
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How to start a charity project making use of college students as cram school teachers for orphans in lower levels of education? [closed]
I want to start a charity project that makes use of the human capital we have here in Morocco. The targeted population of the project is orphans of the same city, and I'm having thoughts about making ...
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Is there a better platform for online communities than Facebook Groups?
I'm currently in the planning/strategic stages to flourish a new online and offline community for Brazilian makers (DIY culture). I'm thinking about the platform to make the online interface.
What ...
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What metrics are helpful to describe the health of a community?
So I am managing a lot of sub communities and it became very hard to keep track of every single one. Moderator features are still in development and it happened already that I didn't notice bad ...
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Authoritative reference works on best practices in online community building
In responding to this question about inducing someone who would moderate an online forum to learn how to be a good moderator, I suggested, based on advice on The Workplace Stack Exchange, introducing ...
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What are some useful analytics based on comments/discussions?
Most of the sites use data analytics tools like Google analytics. Those analytic tools (the ones I know of) don't provide the analytics for the comments/discussions (I understand it needs to be built ...
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Is there a precedent for selling admin seats in online communities?
I have been told that many of the early volunteer fire departments (in the US) were actually funded by required donations to become a member.
Is there any evidence of a similar approach being used ...
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Pros and cons of advertising vs donations as a funding source?
When a small site begins it is often funded entirely by the founder, and as it becomes more active the associated costs increase.
What are the pros and cons of advertising vs seeking donations to ...
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How can moderators use web analytics data to help improve their community?
Moderators typically have access to analytics data for their site. Often times, for one reason or another, a moderator and his team might not have a complete picture of the types of users that use ...
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How can I introduce changes to cover costs without enraging the community?
Many communities begin as small projects and hobbies. They start as a passion and the creators pour their time and money into the project. As a community grows, though, the need for new hosting, ...
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How do I identify spammers?
I'm a moderator on a small site. I can't afford to build my own filtering system for automated spam. But surely this is a solved problem; some sites do have built-in tools for identifying spammers ...
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Does gamifying moderator action lead to undesirable behavior?
Some sites 'gamify' moderation, by showing leader boards of posts deleted, users destroyed etc. Some even highlight users who haven't deleted as many posts as the others.
Is this a good idea or does ...
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