Belonging to a community is just one step forward to achieving your goals. Being active in the community is another step.

You can get the most out of belonging to a community when you are active. This is because when you are active, you give people the chance to know you, your strengths, your capacities, and where you need help.

In this guide, I will show you how to be active in a community. This guide is divided into three stages which are:

-What you should do before joining a community.

-What you should do after joining a community.

-What you should do as a member of a community.

1. What you should do before joining a community
•Read the community Wiki if there is any. If there is none, read the vision, aim, and objectives of the community.

•Research their founders to find out who they are.

•Check if the community is still functional.

Just because the name says Tech does not mean you should join it. You should join active communities.

2. What you should do immediately after joining a community.

•Read all the information that you can lay your hands on. Get to know the different channels/tracks, and the channel managers.

•Follow the community's social media platforms and turn on the notifications button.

You may not follow all because you may not be active on all social media platforms. It's advisable to follow the community on your active social media platform.

•Decide which track/channel you want to be part of and join the track. If you are a designer, you should join the design track.

•Introduce yourself smartly both in the general group and the channel group.
Talk about your aspirations, what you want to achieve, and how you want to help others.

•If you can read previous messages, then try to comment on their introduction or at least react to it.

3. What you should do as a member of the community
•React or comment on the channel manager's messages.

•Fill out forms or anything you asked to fill out but if you can't for some reason, it's necessary to notify the channel manager about the challenges you are having. It's being accountable. 

•Attend community events. If you can't, it's polite to tell the manager that you won't be able to make it. Don't ghost him or her.

It's looking like tough work. It is tough work actually, and that is why the majority do not do it. It's also why few have the results.

•Post your work there. Ask for feedback and repost. Give others feedback.

Posting your work there will help people to know that beyond having the tagline designer- you are a designer.

 With time, you will be recommended for jobs, scholarships, etc. Also, it's easier to make friends and network because you have branded yourself as a serious person.

•Give back to the community.
You may not have money to donate, but you can give back by retweeting their tweets, replying to messages, etc.


This sounds like work but you need to understand that it's worth it. You get out of communities what you give to them. Everything solid was built.

Are there points I missed?
Let me know in the comments.