community management

[ kuh-myoo-ni-tee man-ij-muhnt ]

noun

1. the work of recruiting, nurturing, and growing a community online, as for a website or video game, to improve engagement and retention of users or subscribers.

Other Words From

• com·mu·ni·ty man·ag·er noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of community management¹

First recorded in 1995–2000 for online community management

Example Sentences

Beyond group voice chat, Guilded gives gamers built-in scheduling and community management tools that ease the hassle of organizing complex online social events, like wrangling twenty some odd gamers to run raids in World of Warcraft.

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