http://indiemarketinghandbook.com/2011/11/09/engaging-hostiles-deal-negative-commenters/ Making the game is only half the battle Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:16:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 http://indiemarketinghandbook.com/2011/11/09/engaging-hostiles-deal-negative-commenters/#comment-129 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:18:36 +0000 http://wootcomms.com/?p=478#comment-129 That’s a great idea Stephen. Getting to the point of a self moderating community should be a goal for anyone involved in indie games who wants to create a community around their game.

]]> http://indiemarketinghandbook.com/2011/11/09/engaging-hostiles-deal-negative-commenters/#comment-128 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:07:39 +0000 http://wootcomms.com/?p=478#comment-128 Another approach: let the rest of the community respond.
Especially if you’ve done a good job of establishing “community norms” and rules beforehand. I did a beta once with some clear ‘guidelines for giving great feedback’ and they also helped give permission to the community to combat trolls, etc. Eg, “It’s still a Beta: See rule #3!”

]]> http://indiemarketinghandbook.com/2011/11/09/engaging-hostiles-deal-negative-commenters/#comment-127 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:30:01 +0000 http://wootcomms.com/?p=478#comment-127 Could do with some smug links to bad examples, I feel.

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