"AI is set to replace community managers." Agree or disagree? Share your thoughts on how AI will affect the future of community management.

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December 2023: I was manually posting to 3 communities, 5 times per week each. 15 posts per week. Each post took 5-10 minutes (find post, copy, paste, format, publish). Total: 75-150 minutes per week = 13-25 hours per month. Just on posting. Not creating content. Not engaging. Just the mechanical act of copying and pasting. Here's how I got that down to 2 hours per week: 😓 THE BREAKING POINT: It was a Tuesday at 11:47 PM. I was in bed, phone in hand, frantically typing a post because I'd forgotten to post at 12 PM like I planned. The post was garbage. It was rushed. It got 3 comments. I thought: "There has to be a better way." 🔄 THE OLD (TERRIBLE) PROCESS: Every day: 1. Remember I need to post (hopefully) 2. Open Skool on phone or laptop 3. Think "what should I post?" (5 minutes of staring) 4. Write post in Skool directly (no backup) 5. Format it (bold, bullets, line breaks) 6. Find an image on Canva (another 3 minutes) 7. Upload image 8. Preview 9. Publish 10. Repeat for next community Total per post: 10-15 minutes Total per day: 30-45 minutes (3 communities) Total per week: 3.5-5.25 hours Per month: 14-21 hours This doesn't include creating the content. Just the posting. ✅ THE NEW (SANE) PROCESS: Sunday, 2 hours: 1. Sit down with coffee 2. Write all 15 posts for the week in one doc (90 min) 3. Find/create images for all posts (20 min) 4. Schedule all 15 posts in StickyHive (10 min) 5. Done for the week Monday-Friday: • Zero posting time • Community posts automatically • I just engage with comments Time saved: 12-19 hours per month 📊 THE NUMBERS: Before: • Manual posting: 15 hours/month • Stress level: 8/10 • Consistency: 70% (missed posts when busy) • Vacation mode: Community went dark After: • Automated posting: 2 hours/month • Stress level: 2/10 • Consistency: 100% (never miss a post) • Vacation mode: Posts keep going Hours saved per year: 156 hours Value (at $50/hr): $7,800 💰 WHAT I DO WITH SAVED TIME: Instead of posting, I now: