The Reg seeks online community manager

I've got lots of so called friends and followers on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn etc.

Do I get the job ?

I pity whoever takes on the job

Commentards and El Reg are pretty scathing about social media.

two tribes

I assume this will end up with distinct 2 types of reg content consumers.

1. Most current website visiting commentards, loathing of twitter, facebook etc. is commonly mentioned in comments.

2. New readers, following links from social media, who happily speak their branes (not a typo) to the world & do all their interaction via social media platforms rather than via the website

Hint to whoever becomes social media manager, don't bother punting many of those articles that criticize privacy issues / data slurping etc.by Twitter, Facebook et al, don't want to disrupt group 2 from their cozy bubble too much, and maybe add a "here be monsters" warning to the comments pages

.. and with those comments that's me out of the running for the job ;-)

I don't have a twitter account, I log into Facebook about once a month (my Mum has more "friends" than me). I did once download the Flipboard app, but deleted it a week later. And I hate Linkedin and don't use it - although come to think of it I hate Facebook more, but the family forced me to be on there.

On the plus side, I had a Google+ account for a bit, I have a proven track record of talking bollocks on these here forums, I once drank a lot of El Reg's whisky and stayed both upright and coherent until almost everyone else had left. Finally I can eat crisps at the highest level of competition, from Monster Munch to Kettle Chips, from Paprika to Hedgehog flavours, I've got the lot covered.

By rights, the job should be mine!

"Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn"

Never used them, and hate them.

On the plus side I hate Powerpoint too, and have only used that once because I had to.

Can I have the job then?

Can South Africans apply for the job too?

In that case, do count me in as well :)

I think I am right for this job.

"A witty, well-read and switched-on person with a nose for news and a good, if not expert knowledge of, and interest in, technology – as well as the willingness to quickly learn where their knowledge is patchy."

Sure. Why not. I read El Reg, so I must be a switched on person, right?

"Curiosity is a key attribute of our readers and this person’s posts and engagements should show an understanding of this."

I would consider myself nosey.

"A very good understanding of what works and what doesn’t on social media is essential, and the successful candidate will be familiar with The Register’s editorial tone, which is hard hitting, irreverent and fun."

Sarky bugger = check.

Social Media doesn't 'work' per se, it just is something that people use to pretend they are important. So this shows me as understanding Social Media. I mean I barely have a twitter account, don't use facebook and have a G+. How digital am I?

"Some experience using audience engagement tools/apps."

I have used Power Point. I hates it. This counts imho.

"Forum moderation experience, and experience in making new audiences aware of website content is also a prerequisite."

I am very moderate in the El Reg forum. I have posted links...so check.

"Numerate and financially literate – you will manage a budget."

I have a bank account that doesn't use the overdraft. Check.

Seems like a thankless job. Hope the Reg pays well...

"They will spend time talking to our intelligent, funny readers on said social platforms as well as in our native commenting community. They will promote the site and make contacts in forums where we are not known."

Is there a relo package from the US?

hmm, as an El-Reg commentard, if I admit that I actually have a facebook account that I use, will that mean I'll just get shunned and every post down-voted, or does it mean I'll be a shoe-in for the job?

soooo tempted to go A/C for this comment...

Bringing el Reg to social media? Must be setting out to disrupt. On which subject surely ¡Mr Bong! is the obvious candidate.

Graham Murkett?

I do wonder if Graham Murkett, AKA somegreybloke, might be available, for the right price?

He seems to have a good, well researched (if sometimes accidentally), grasp of many topics of interest to some or more or less other people.

Indeed, there is a very apt presentation he made a few years ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X7f4eHzSAM

So not only is he topical, he is prescient.

Could you please leave my finders fee of sixty Altarian dollars behind the hot water pipes, third washroom along, Victoria Station?

Ta very muchly.

Your whole job description

Described Donald Trump. Shame he already has a new job.

What's Eadon up to now?

He/she must have a bit of spare time.

I can't help it, I can't stop thinking that the interview will be very much like this.

You forgot something we've missed for some time....

Tits.

Sarah Bee http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/30/moderatrix_off/

Ya'll have way too much of a sausagefest going on over there - requires a new perspective.

I currently work as a social moderator.

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. BBC Facebook pages on fire after the fall of Bake Off. I watched Z-Listers fade into obscurity from the house of Big Brother.

I stand on the forward bow of Twitter, tirelessly guarding the innocent against the depravity of humankind, tears in my eyes as I witness life collapsing around me. I've felt the exhilaration of knowing my actions have saved countless minds from corruption and despair.

I've seen it all... felt it.

So do I get the job?

Since social is so yesterday

I will not be applying.

Get ahead of the curve...

Since most of modern society seems about to disappear down the plug'ole, and we'll all be back to pre-digital life, could El Reg be the first to invest in a new form of analogue social media. Pehaps employing someone with a slate to run round all your list of 'friends' so that they can read the slate and add comments. Said runner to be paid in leaves of course.

Wrong medium for contact

Why don't you post the job on Twitter - I don't use such a modern fangled device - but if you can get the best response in the limited number of characters, then that would be someone of character for the El Reg team.

Wrong market research

"They will spend time talking to our intelligent, funny readers on said social platforms"

Your readers are neither intelligent, nor funny, and they do not have a presence on those so-called "social" platforms.

I totally speak from personal experience here.

How about somebody to IPv6 your site and SSL at least your login?

Seems to me they'd be more use on a tech site than some guy posting the articles to Facebook and then posting Facebook comments to articles.

how much do you get paid

Today's el-reg posts, tomorrow's fish n chip paper.

In which The Register is Debeaked.

And why London-based? Surely that's something anyone can do from anywhere with a laptop and an internet connection?