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So you want to be in Community Relations?
Massively —
... whose weekly in-game appearances packed server districts with screaming fanboys. To get into Community Relations is a different story though, and Sony Online Entertainment's Senior Community Relations Manager, EM Stock, gives us a bit of an insight into the process. Despite the fact that many... So you want to be in Community Relations? originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | ...
Can YOU Post On Message Boards? Then An Exciting Career In Community Management Awaits!
Broken Toys —
... EM Stock of SOE explains how community relations is, like, rilly totally awesome, and, like, way cooler than you thought, right?
Do you know HTML and run your own website? It doesn’t matter what the subject matter is. If you can create pages, manipulate graphics and write good text… you do some of what community professionals do every day.
Have you ever implemented and moderated your own message board or volunteer moderated on someone else’s board? That is incredibly valuable and applicable experience ...
Fixing MMOs Is Hard
Broken Toys —
... Of course the players are also often right. There’s a whole discipline of development which revolves around figuring out which is which. At least until they figure out they’re the least paid people at the company and move on to junior worldbuilder so they finally get some respect in the break room. ...
