[Hontou Ni 4koma] Team Blogging: Communication

The modus operandi of team blogs vary according to the composition of the team and the dynamics between members. If they originate as groups of RL/online friends, they tend to be less hierarchical (though the one who owns the domain and/or has administrator rights is often prior, i.e. first among equals, such as Kanzie of Metanorn). Others, like Rabbit Poets, started out as solo gigs that signed up new members later.

The older surviving team blogs tend to be multi-generational teams; if the founder is still active (in blogging or maintaining the backend), she/he/(s)he will clearly be head honcho. For example, Kabitzin of  Sea Slugs! (where I have the honour of being a third-generation recruit; nb. other bloggers affiliated with more than one team include Leon and 2Shea of Sekijutsu and Kita ze Inbou!) and Impz of THAT. The new Random Curiosity also has a clear leader in Divine who had worked with and then received that mantle from his predecessor Omni. Minaide! Hitorigoto stands out as a KYAARIFIC wife x husband team who were initially introduced via aniblogging.

Hontou Ni remains staffed by just its two founder members and works on a consensus-based model. Building and maintaining that consensus can be like a duck (or UNCLOS III) - it may look placid and slow-moving on the surface but there be furious paddling underneath - and involves lots of communication. Some examples follow:

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References:

Panel 1 - FMAB / xkcd

Panel 2 - Working!!

Panel 4 - Ichigo Mashimaro

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