How important is it that network leaders be involved?

I've been thinking about my networks recently and wondering about the effectiveness of being involved on a day-to-day basis. Do you think it's important to the success of a network that the network owner/administrator be involved in the network's day-to-day workings/discussions, etc.?
Thanks for your input.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Levy on November 20, 2008 at 10:23am

Depends upon the network leader - I think the better question is should they be obsessive like you, awakening at 3 AM to write a posts based upon the 87 emails that came in overnight or should they be monitors like me in ERE's NYC group where as long as there's no killing taking place, I let pretty much everything go?

Love you, Mo!

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Permalink Reply by Jim Canto on November 20, 2008 at 10:25am

Hmmmm... great question:

On the one "hand".... the community creator (as they are called in Ning speak) can make new members feel warm and invited to the group.

On the other "hand".... the psychology of the group can become dependent on the creator's presence.

Tough call. Where's the "sweet spot"?

I think Slouch works really hard at striking that balance here. But, it's probably analogous to a long term study; We will not know the outcome for a number of years but we can interpret the data so far.

Thanks for the thought provoking question, Maureen. I'll be wrestling with this one for the foreseeable future.

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Permalink Reply by Maureen Sharib on November 20, 2008 at 10:26am

Well, should they (be obsessive)? Luv u too!

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Permalink Reply by Jim Canto on November 20, 2008 at 10:28am

Funny! I like the multi-colored underlines. LOL

Maureen Sharib said:

Well, should they (be obsessive)? Luv u too!

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Permalink Reply by Steve Levy on November 20, 2008 at 10:32am

Rose are red,
Violets are blue.
I'm schizophrenic,
And so am I...

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Permalink Reply by Maureen Sharib on November 21, 2008 at 12:54pm

Trolling for comments...

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Permalink Reply by Slouch on November 21, 2008 at 1:06pm

I think it's important to be aware of what is going on. I am constantly banning people for spam - count is almost 50 people so far. I think it's important that the network look and feel like it is something that is taken seriously by the network administrator. In terms of content contribution. Personally, I would like to contribute more but I tend to add and change things here rather than write content though I want to write more content. what do you think Maureen?

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Permalink Reply by Maureen Sharib on November 21, 2008 at 1:16pm

I wish you would write more content - I would LOVE to see your thoughts on biz dev and entrepreneurship. I admire you.

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Permalink Reply by Amitai Givertz on November 21, 2008 at 3:06pm

The question of "...the effectiveness of being involved on a day-to-day basis" is a critically important issue which I fully intend to address either tomorrow or the day after.