First things first. In my opinion a good group requires the joined forces. The more the merrier is often true. But it then also means that one has to be ready to compromise. If you wish to administrate a group alone, then you may not reach the success. And that is because the group can not grow beyond certain limits. Groups administrated alone are in danger to turn into a dumping grounds. People may continue contributing in them, but they really never visit the group pages to see what other group members are doing.
So, be ready to collaborate. Form a band of at least three people, who all get to administrate the group. The third person's role then is useful to avoid ties when opinions disagree. And three persons is often good to make sure that there is at least one available, if some of the group members has something to ask from admins.
Then makes sure that one of the team members is technically skilled, and one is good with languages. So, the nerd knows how to set up the group in multiple languages, and the language genius is able to make sure that the group becomes internationally appealing. The third could then be socially skilled. I've seen and left few groups that turned out battle grounds, when admins where not able to work together. So, someone working as a mediator can turn out as useful.
And only after all this becomes the choice of topic. Having more administrators then also help to choose the topic. It should not be too specific. If the topic is very narrow, then there will never be enough members to join and contribute. And if the topic is too broad, the group may turn out unattractive. People does not become and stay inspired if there are no challenge to participate. And again, the danger to become a dumping ground only increases.
It does not mean the group would need some weekly or monthly challenges declared. But the well chosen group topic, and contributions seen there, can work as a motivation for others to join the group, contribute, and even visit the group pages regularly to see what other members are doing.
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The idea of a group becoming a battleground is an extreme reason for leaving (or not joining) a group but I guess most people are like me join a group when invited and probably rarely or never look at the contributions but don’t think about leaving.
I think I will look now and leave the groups I have never looked at.
Je reste sur certains, parce que malgré ces "absences" quelques participants les font vivre, parce qu'il m'est facile de les visiter.
Je reste sur les groupes bien ciblés, encadrés par le ou les administrateurs, dans lesquels les dépôts sont comptés.
Et comme tu le sais je suis sur quelques groupes de challenge, qui m'obligent, j'espère à quitter ma "zone de confort". Même si je commente peu, comme me l'a fait remarqué Janano, je regarde beaucoup les contributions.
Je ne n'adhère plus aux groupes "fourre-tout".
Enfin j'ai hérité récemment de la co-administration de crazy pics d'alains (je suis seule depuis octobre) :
- j'ai repris le nom du groupe en 3 langues, paramétré les alertes, commencer à exclure quelques images anciennes hors sujet.
- je recherche des images adaptées, tout en limitant mes chargements.
- je maintiens le cadre d'origine
- ensuite, je verrais pour inviter de nouveaux membres d'Ipernity qui auront accepté mes propositions, et je réévaluerai la viabilité du groupe. (J'en ai noté quelques unes dans ta galerie, que je te demanderai...sans que tu sois dans l'obligation d'adhérer)
- Et il faudra que je choisisse un autre co-administrateur présent, capable d'éviter l'écueil des groupes : laisser passer tout et n'importe quoi.
www.ipernity.com/group/yosemite_np
Some people administrating such groups, also do not require joining to their groups. Instead they only suggest adding some image to their groups. See Ghislaine's comment:
www.ipernity.com/blog/serola/4734810/comment/62214166#comment62214166
I have also more articles on this topic:
Observations on ipernity groups
www.ipernity.com/blog/serola/4698122
More observations on ipernity groups
www.ipernity.com/blog/serola/4733574
What I only miss are ways to advertise such grouped collections. Something would be needed to make people to find and visit them.
One way could be to start advertising those groups on Club News. At least someone like me could write an article on the subject. Collect a list of subject oriented groups, that can offer something better than photo search.
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