r/CommunityManager

Simply testing my assumption:

Assume that you are a community manager responsible for company's Slack / Discord based community group.

Whose job is it to get new members in the community?

Is it your responsibility or is it a marketing team's challenge?

I want to launch a padel community soon in UAE, or specifically In Dubai, the padel scene here is so good, i hve been lookin a lot for a good community, everytime we book the court and plan a game some one drops out last minute. I want to create a community where these situations doesnt happen to any of its members. A community that actively involves in the latest games and updates and people giving each other good instructions guides, racket and gear suggestions. Ive heard reddit is the best place to study how to build a community, can some one guide me?

Anyone know the best way to find Slack, Discord, or WhatsApp communities for startups, AI builders, and tech enthusiasts?

I’m looking to connect with founders, indie hackers, AI engineer, and people building interesting products. Any recommendations for communities or directories would be appreciated!

We're a small nonprofit that runs a lot of events. Free monthly mixers (70 to 100 people), members-only events, and professional development events that are free/discounted for members and full price for non-members.

Right now we use DonorBox because it's free and lets us set up each event separately. It works fine for registration and payments. The problem is attendance tracking.

We can see who attended a single event and export that to Excel. What we can't do is pull up one person and see every event they've attended over time. And the bigger issue: DonorBox only credits the ticket purchaser. So if one person buys 5 tickets for their friends, we only see the buyer as an attendee. The other 5 people are invisible in our records.

We want something that automatically ties attendance to each individual attendee, not just the purchaser, and rolls it into their profile. That way we can see how engaged each member and non-member is across events over time.

We looked at Wild Apricot and it does what we need, but at our volume the pricing gets close to $400/month, which we can't do.

For scale: 500 to 1,500 total contacts (members and non-members combined). Budget needs to be well under Wild Apricot. Open to either replacing DonorBox entirely or adding a tool alongside it.

Anyone using something that handles this without breaking the bank? Would love recommendations from people running similar event volume.

The first problem is that I have a subgroup in the community chat where people can talk and share things. This subgroup has a lot of people in it. Only about 15-20 people are actually active. They like to joke and have a lot of fun. I think this might be scaring off some of the serious people who join the group. They look at the subgroup, then leave without saying anything. The problem is that these active people are some of my most loyal members. I do not want to get rid of the subgroup because it will make them feel unwanted.

I think about it like a brand image. I want it to feel like an iPhone and less like a cheap Android. Does that make sense? It's not about leaving anyone out, more about the vibe and polish the group shows. Right now, the loudest 15-20 people decide how new people see us. It's very casual, joke-filled and wild. I think it looks messy and not serious to people who expect something more organized.

I want to know if anyone else has had this problem when their group grew. How do you make the tone better without hurting the loyalty of the members who have been with me from the start?

The second problem is that not many women are coming to our events. I made a group for women so they can feel safe and comfortable joining in. At our last event, only one in five people who came were women. This means that just having the women's group is not enough to get them to come to the events.

On top of that, I've noticed a few other women-only groups/communities popping up around the same space recently, so I'm also wondering how to actually stand out and feel like the better, more worthwhile option. I want to be a group women would actually want to be a part of, not just one that exists.

I also want to know how to make my group feel more organized and put together as it grows. I do not want to lose the energy and excitement that made people want to join in the first place. It feels like these two things are working against each other now.

I am open to any advice, even if it is very honest.

I hope someone can help me with these problems. I really want this to be a place where everyone feels welcome and has a good time.

Forgive me for not being able to express myself clearly. I don't have any intentions of hurting anyone.

TL;DR:

Started a fast-growing community/events group 2 months ago.

(1) A loud, joke-heavy subgroup of 15-20 regulars might be scaring off newer, more "serious" people, want to fix the vibe without alienating my earliest members.

(2) Women aren't showing up to events despite having a women's group, and now other women's groups are popping up too, want to actually stand out and not just exist.

Trying to build a founder-focused community on a college campus in India - incubation, early-stage support, connecting students with real startup opportunities beyond the classroom.

I get it, most students are chasing high salaries, and that's completely valid. But there's always a small pocket of people who are curious, restless, and quietly wondering if they could build something of their own someday. That's who I'm trying to reach.

The goal isn't to convert everyone. Just to make those people feel like there's a place for that curiosity and maybe plant a seed that eventually turns into something real.

Problem is the usual campus playbook is dead on arrival. Big workshop, 200 attendees, 3 actually care, ghost town by week 2.

What actually works to find those people and keep them engaged? And has anyone seen a campus community that genuinely got this right?

I'm building a luxury womenswear brand called « Amān Zya » on the side while working full time and struggling with one specific thing: how do you build a community around a niche brand when you can't show your face?

The brand is rooted in Moroccan-Amazigh heritage. Natural fabrics only, made in NYC, design details pulled from Moroccan architecture, artisan partnerships for cultural details that are subtle, not costume-y. The opposite of trend-driven or performative luxury.

How it started: I got angry. Angry finding 70% of pieces in polyester. Angry that luxury had stopped respecting women's intelligence. Angry that culture is being used without honoring the people who live it and keep it alive. I grew up in Morocco, studied in France, moved alone to New York, multiple layers of identity, don't fit any box. So I designed a wardrobe for myself. Now I want to share it.

The challenge: I have a full time job so I can't be the face of the brand and the brand is 100% bootstrapped (I am here for the long term game).

Has anyone built something real without being the face of it? What actually worked?

I'm a CM at a professional community. I have prior experience as a CM. I grew a discord community (in music space) to 5k+ members.

I have no prior experience with professional communities tho.

I've been trying to do my best to provide value to our members and also trying to keep the community engaging. The issue is, professionals don't wake up excited about a professional community they joined. Their relationship with the community feels transactional to me ( I get it tho).

-How do I keep them engaged?

-How do I keep them visiting?

thankyou for your time

have a good one

Hello, I'm looking for a CM to manage the discord community for a NSFW game, currently in production. English must be good. 18+ is mandatory and must be comfortable talking about and working with NSFW content. Everything depicted is consensual and above board (if that makes a difference). It's paid but not a huge amount at this point - but it's also not a huge amount of work. Check in a couple of times a week, reply with the right tone, make posts about updates and polls. Really however much you want to put into it, just as long as it's ticking over as we grow. Currently we're talking about ~150 members.

Hopefully this sounds attractive if you're a freelancer and starting out (on this team we're all starting out tbh). We're a very small team and not in profit yet so there's a not a lot of money at this stage, but anyone looking to make an easy ~$50 per month for a couple of on-brand replies and posts about updates would get on well. Ideally payment through paypal or bank transfer.

Open to chat and negotiate, we're pretty easy going. Looking to build a long term relationship with other projects planned in the future, and I'd love to have someone who is consistent and who I trust to manage this side of running a small indie game studio. Reply or drop me a DM to chat.

Peace x

EDIT: Thanks for all the DMs. I've now found someone.