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When do I have a "community" versus a "group of people"?

At what point is a group of people considered a community? Can a community consist of only two people or is there more required? Some examples I'm curious about: ... random commenters on a blog? ...

small-communities  
user avatar asked by Pickle Score of 13
user avatar answered by Greg Chase Score of 5

What's A Good Member to Moderator Ratio

I'm having a private Minecraft server that I just started a few days ago. I'm needing to see what a good moderator to member ratio should be. If there are too little moderators and too many members, ...

moderators small-communities  
user avatar asked by Anthony Pham Score of 9
user avatar answered by Andy Score of 12

Why is the League of Legends community so toxic?

Expanding upon "How do I deal with online trolling/harassment in video games?" by discussing a specific case. I keep hearing about ongoing toxicity issues with the LoL player community, with a ...

user-behavior problem-users bullying game  
user avatar asked by bwDraco Score of 18
user avatar answered by Zerotime Score of 17

How to handle a user reposting a deleted message?

Per our forum rules, profanity is deleted and, in extreme cases, the user receives warnings or cumulative infractions which then trigger repercussions for the account. Publicly discussing a moderator ...

problem-users disciplinary-actions web-forums  
user avatar asked by user98085 Score of 12
user avatar answered by Monica Cellio Score of 8

How do I create a new community on Stack Exchange?

I want to create a community on a Stack Exchange website for welcoming discussions about Tamil language literature. How can I do that? Being a registered user of Stack Exchange, is there any special ...

stack-exchange  
user avatar asked by Loganathan Score of 15

Is it productive to ask for more examples when someone is complaining about your moderation?

I have a user who complained about my moderation in broad terms, saying that "moderation on the site is heavy-handed" and "poison". They provided one specific instance as an example.. Other members ...

conflict-resolution  
user avatar asked by Beofett Score of 13
user avatar answered by Monica Cellio Score of 10

How to make users cut down on profanity in a community, where profanity is allowed?

We have pretty loose rules about the language in our community, there usually is a moderate amount of profanity in our chat. Some of the users in our community abuse profanity, though, they insult ...

user-behavior  
user avatar asked by Mateon1 Score of 14
user avatar answered by AJ Henderson Score of 21
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