Developer Community Moderation: English Collocations
Developer relations teams are responsible for building and maintaining healthy developer communities — both online and at events. From moderating forums to increasing engagement and building relationships with advocates, DevRel work has its own vocabulary. This exercise covers the collocations used in community management, content strategy, and developer advocacy.
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The developer relations team was tasked to ___ the open-source community forum and ensure respectful interactions.
Moderate the forum is the precise community management collocation — moderators 'moderate' forums by enforcing community guidelines and resolving disputes. 'Manage' is broader; 'run' implies operational ownership; 'oversee' implies a higher-level supervisory role. 'Moderate' is the canonical verb for community health work.
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The community team launched a new initiative to ___ developer engagement through monthly online hackathons.
Increase engagement is the standard community metrics collocation — engagement metrics are 'increased' through programmes and initiatives. 'Boost' is also common in marketing contexts; 'grow' implies scale; 'improve' focuses on quality. 'Increase engagement' is the most neutral and measurable phrasing used in developer community reports.
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The DevRel manager asked the team to ___ the community code of conduct after multiple policy violations.
Update the code of conduct is the natural community governance collocation — codes of conduct are 'updated' to reflect evolved community norms and address gaps. 'Revise' implies significant rewriting; 'strengthen' refers to the outcome; 'enforce' is a different action. 'Update' is the standard verb for maintaining living community policy documents.
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The team created a content calendar to ___ a steady stream of tutorials and blog posts for the developer audience.
Maintain a steady stream is the natural content strategy collocation — a content calendar is used to 'maintain' consistent output. 'Produce' and 'publish' are actions performed on individual pieces; 'share' implies distribution. 'Maintain' captures the ongoing, consistent nature of a community content programme.
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The DevRel team worked to ___ relationships with key developer advocates and open-source contributors.
Build relationships is the canonical developer relations collocation — DevRel work fundamentally involves 'building' long-term trust with community members. 'Develop' is also natural; 'establish' and 'form' imply the initial step. 'Build' captures the ongoing, sustained nature of community relationship work rather than a one-time formation.