So Christmas day is winding down here in the UK. I posed a question on LinkedIn a few weeks ago asking community managers whether they would be checking their communities on Christmas Day. Interestingly 80% responded that they would be checking in.
80% of community managers responded that they would check their communities on Christmas Day
So, to the good readers of this blog, were you one of the 80%? Did you check in today?
I did, but not until 11pm and all I had was dozens of lovely messages from the TES community!
11pm is a decent armistice Pooky 🙂 Is TES The Environment Site?
I really try and leave the computer off on Christmas Day. It's one day of the year when it isn't required, and certainly not for work!
That's fair enough. I'm still in the handover in my new job so don't really have a community to look after at the moment, so yesterday was a quiet one in terms of the web. Had a lovely ride in the morning 🙂
I checked in but only to wish everyone a happy Christmas. All told it probably took no more than 15 minutes.
I logged in to make sure everything was ok and wish the community a merry Xmas. I figure that there are plenty of quiet/boring bits on Christmas day when family members are a pain or fallen asleep etc. to sneak online and check in. I mean lots of people shop online on Christmas day now so I don't really see it as any different.
I'm surprised it was so low. I'd have thought all community managers would have spent a few minutes wishing their community a happy Christmas. Doesn't take long does it?
Yes it is an easy win and I think it is far more normal to go online on Christmas day now than it was maybe a few years ago, especially with so many retailers beginning their sales on Christmas day.
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