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The bots answer your questions on Reddit!
Dean31 Mar 20168253Have you been following closely on Facebook and Twitter? If so you may have spotted some very interesting new “Ask Me Anything” features on Reddit. Known as AMA’s players have been asking questions directly to the bots at the studio. Taking part so far has included:
- Chris Rippy – VP Production
- Justin Korthof – Marketing Manager
- Patrick Hudson – CEO
- Nananea – Community Video Co-Ordinator
Be sure to check out their AMA’s for lots of very interesting information about themselves, experiences and life at Robot. Here are some highlights:AMA Highlights
BadVogonPoet asked Justin:
You’ve worked in a community position across several different companies in the video game industry for quite awhile now.
What are some of the differences you’ve seen in Community Management and Marketing over the years?
Do you think it’s easier to with social media as popular as it is or does it make some aspects of marketing and community management harder?
Justin responds:
The largest change has been that Community Management has split up into several disciplines these days. A CM used to have to kind of be a jack of all trades and manage every conversation that was happening online. These days, it’s all split up. There are social media managers, forum moderators, community feature developers, website developers, and so on. More specializations.
As for whether or not it’s easier with social media, it depends on your goals I think. SM has obviously made it easier than ever to connect with a broad range of people at virtually the click of a button. But it’s also inserted ridiculous amounts of noise into word-of-mouth marketing. It can be REALLY hard to stand out in all that noise if you’re not clever.
RoyalFino asked Chris:
MrBlue42 asked Patrick:
The Steam ratings for the game are currently rather negative sadly, mostly due to the business model, not the game itself. Do you think the business model is good as it is currently or is there still some tweaking necessary?
Patrick responds:
Syndrogo asked Nananea: