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I don't know if you've ever thought about it but the life of a social network administrator is quite demanding. You have to know about a lot of things, from email strategy to SEO, accounting, marketing and server administrating, from forum management to PHP programming and you need to know your HTML and CSS from soup to nuts (or know someone else who does). You also have to know a thing or two about the subject matter of your site. You've got to be an all knowing oracle on your subject for your members as well as a project manager and team leader to your developers.
You start work earlyish each day. I start at around 9am most days. You work until late. I can usually be found still typing away at 10pm or later and sometimes much, much later. I finished working one morning at 3.30am earlier this week. That's ludicrous!
And you work every day. I generally work seven days a week. I work on weekends, national holidays, easter, christmas day, every day. Even when I take a vacation (haven't had a proper one for over two years now) I always take my laptop with me so I can stay in touch and sort out any catastrophes that may occur. A few years back I spent six weeks away, in Hong Kong and in Australia, and worked every day from my hotel room.
There's always something important that needs to be done and in our case, there's a list of important stuff we are gradually working through. Trouble is, as we sort out one problem and cross it off, another two join the list.
So there you have it dear reader. Running a social network is very, very hard work and often a thankless task but it is addictive and a labour of love. I can recommend it for those who have no families or other ties and who don't mind never having any free time ever again.
Hugs, Katie x
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