<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Rokuse LLC. Blog</title><description>Insights on community operations and audio content production from Rokuse LLC.</description><link>https://rokuse.com/</link><language>en</language><item><title>The &quot;Just-Right Buzz&quot; in Community — The 70% Rule</title><link>https://rokuse.com/en/blog/community/seventy-percent-rule/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rokuse.com/en/blog/community/seventy-percent-rule/</guid><description>Why the impulse to &quot;make it more lively&quot; can backfire, explained through three independent theories — queuing theory, flow theory, and the community temperature function. Optimization, not maximization, is the real goal.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Difference Between Community and Association — Organizing the Concepts of Shared Body and Society</title><link>https://rokuse.com/en/blog/community/community-vs-association/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rokuse.com/en/blog/community/community-vs-association/</guid><description>We explain the distinction between &quot;community (shared body)&quot; and &quot;association (society)&quot; defined by sociologist MacIver, and — drawing on the Cabinet Office&apos;s Social Capital survey — provide criteria for deciding which side to lean toward in your own initiatives.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Things to Decide Before Starting a Community That Is Not &quot;Purpose-First&quot;</title><link>https://rokuse.com/en/blog/community/before-starting-theme-based-community/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rokuse.com/en/blog/community/before-starting-theme-based-community/</guid><description>We explain how to launch a community starting from fundamental human motives and interests rather than business KPIs, and offer three self-questions for putting your theme into words.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Expressing Community Operation in Code — Implementation Patterns for Policy, Moderation, and Invite Flows on Slack</title><link>https://rokuse.com/en/blog/community/community-as-code-slack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rokuse.com/en/blog/community/community-as-code-slack/</guid><description>We explain implementation patterns for declaratively managing operational policy, moderation, and invite flows in code on top of Slack. We show concrete file structures, automation designs, and a phased adoption path for moving from person-dependent operation to a reproducible system.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Idea of &quot;Community Development&quot; — A Theory of Programmable Community Design</title><link>https://rokuse.com/en/blog/community/programmable-community-development/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rokuse.com/en/blog/community/programmable-community-development/</guid><description>This article reframes community operation from a person-dependent act of &quot;nurturing&quot; to an object of &quot;development&quot; that can be structured, modularized, and improved iteratively, like software. It covers the thinking behind programmable community design and how to balance it with organic qualities.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chasing MAU Kills Communities — On Leading, Intermediate, and Lagging Indicators</title><link>https://rokuse.com/en/blog/community/leading-vs-lagging-indicators/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rokuse.com/en/blog/community/leading-vs-lagging-indicators/</guid><description>If you only chase lagging indicators like MAU and post count, you&apos;ll notice the problem too late. This article explains how to catch community health early using a three-layer KPI tree of leading, intermediate, and lagging indicators.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Three Things to Decide Before Launching a Corporate Community</title><link>https://rokuse.com/en/blog/community/before-starting-corporate-community/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rokuse.com/en/blog/community/before-starting-corporate-community/</guid><description>We unpack the root cause of why &quot;communities started on a vague impulse&quot; fail, and explain the three things to nail down before launch — purpose, audience, and business connection.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Real Reason &quot;Buzz&quot; Disappears — Sparse and Crowded Are the Same Disease</title><link>https://rokuse.com/en/blog/community/density-mismatch-diagnosis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rokuse.com/en/blog/community/density-mismatch-diagnosis/</guid><description>A community feeling &quot;flat&quot; and a community where &quot;the timeline moves too fast to follow&quot; look like opposite symptoms, but they share the same root cause. This article explains how to diagnose your own community through the lens of spatial density (ρ).</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Types of Communities and How to Choose — Five Patterns Organized by Purpose</title><link>https://rokuse.com/en/blog/community/community-types-guide/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rokuse.com/en/blog/community/community-types-guide/</guid><description>We classify communities into five patterns by purpose and clearly explain the criteria for choosing the type that fits your company.</description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Choose Community KPIs and Tips for Running Them — Five Representative Indicators and Their Pitfalls</title><link>https://rokuse.com/en/blog/community/community-kpi-guide/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rokuse.com/en/blog/community/community-kpi-guide/</guid><description>We organize the KPIs to track in community operation across five views — scale, activity, relationships, business contribution, and operational health — and explain how to choose them and the pitfalls to watch in operation.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Plan a Podcast — 5 Steps to Decide Before Launch</title><link>https://rokuse.com/en/blog/audio/podcast-planning-guide/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rokuse.com/en/blog/audio/podcast-planning-guide/</guid><description>The five things — purpose, audience, theme hierarchy, format, and release design — that you must decide before launching a podcast, explained from a practitioner&apos;s perspective.</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>TiedWorkspace</title><link>https://rokuse.com/en/blog/community/tiedworkspace-community-case/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rokuse.com/en/blog/community/tiedworkspace-community-case/</guid><description>A case study of &quot;TiedWorkspace,&quot; an invite-only community for experienced CTOs and VPoEs, organized from a community-design perspective.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ひろしま人会 (Hiroshima Jinkai)</title><link>https://rokuse.com/en/blog/community/hiroshimajinkai-community-case/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rokuse.com/en/blog/community/hiroshimajinkai-community-case/</guid><description>A design-perspective case study of &quot;ひろしま人会&quot; (Hiroshima Jinkai), a community that uses a regional shared context as the foundation for natural dialogue and lasting relationships.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Practical Tips for Making a Podcast Work as a Community Initiative</title><link>https://rokuse.com/en/blog/audio/how-to-use-podcast-for-community-engagement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rokuse.com/en/blog/audio/how-to-use-podcast-for-community-engagement/</guid><description>How to keep audio content from being one-off and turn it into ongoing community dialogue — a structured walkthrough of the operational points from planning through retrospective.</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Community Operations Need Context Design First</title><link>https://rokuse.com/en/blog/community/why-community-needs-context-design/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rokuse.com/en/blog/community/why-community-needs-context-design/</guid><description>Before adding more initiatives, define the context, paths, and operating rhythm your community needs. This article explains, from a practitioner&apos;s perspective, why context design comes first.</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to engage Rokuse — the process from first inquiry to implementation</title><link>https://rokuse.com/en/blog/company/how-to-engage-with-rokuse/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rokuse.com/en/blog/company/how-to-engage-with-rokuse/</guid><description>A practical guide to engaging Rokuse LLC. for community operation or content production work, broken down by phase — intake, proposal, contract, and kickoff. Written for readers thinking &quot;I&apos;d like to commission work.&quot;</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shikokairou (思考回廊)</title><link>https://rokuse.com/en/blog/audio/shikokairou-podcast-case/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rokuse.com/en/blog/audio/shikokairou-podcast-case/</guid><description>A case study on producing the talk show &quot;思考回廊&quot; — covering technology, organization, and management themes — and the post-release activation work that turned it into ongoing community discussion.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Somarinsanna (染まりんさんな)</title><link>https://rokuse.com/en/blog/audio/somarinsanna-podcast-case/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rokuse.com/en/blog/audio/somarinsanna-podcast-case/</guid><description>A case study on the regional-community podcast &quot;染まりんさんな&quot; — from planning design through the post-release dialogue path.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Podcast Production Workflow — The Full Process from Planning to Ongoing Operations</title><link>https://rokuse.com/en/blog/audio/podcast-production-workflow/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rokuse.com/en/blog/audio/podcast-production-workflow/</guid><description>A practitioner&apos;s walkthrough of the full podcast production process, broken into six stages — planning, recording prep, recording, editing, release, and ongoing operations and improvement.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What does community support actually involve? — Inside Rokuse&apos;s community support service</title><link>https://rokuse.com/en/blog/company/community-support-services/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rokuse.com/en/blog/company/community-support-services/</guid><description>A concrete walkthrough of Rokuse LLC.&apos;s community support service — the menu of offerings, how engagements run, and how we think about scope — written for those evaluating it for the first time.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>About Rokuse LLC. — Who We Are and What We Do</title><link>https://rokuse.com/en/blog/company/about-rokuse/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rokuse.com/en/blog/company/about-rokuse/</guid><description>An overview of Rokuse LLC.&apos;s services, mission, and why we combine community operation with content production — written for those encountering us for the first time.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>