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5 Life Lessons From Managing A Volatile Facebook Group
1. Being an admin sucks.
About six months ago, I started a facebook group for writers. Some of you may know it as Medium Dreamers. To my amazement, that name has spread pretty far. Managing a Facebook group requires Leadership, Vision, Communication Skills, and calmness of mind to hear people out. Aside from that, a good admin should also be inclusive to people from different backgrounds and ways of life.
Sometimes, the combination of all of these creates division even though you’re trying to mend.
Here are some lessons I learned along the way.
1. Being An Admin Sucks
About six years ago, a Facebook group was opened in Israel for geeks. As a geek myself, I envied that group’s leaders so much. I thought to myself, “wow! I could make some new connections, and share my stuff with people!” I’ve been so naive.
Today, that group has 42K members. I sincerely doubt that if its admins weren’t as passionate about the group as they are, it would have been such a success.
Managing a Facebook group requires you to listen to complaints, take criticism from members, and have people judge you for something a group member said outside of the group.
