With over 8700 followers who are actively engaged in the Yankee conversation, the River Ave. Blues Facebook page is a key part of our online presence, and now RAB is looking for a new Facebook Page Manager who can oversee the page, keeping an eye on the tenor and tone of the conversation while growing the audience and driving traffic to the site. Duties include managing the day-to-day activities of the Facebook Page which include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Posting articles from website daily, optimizing content for the Facebook platform (particularly with breaking news).
• Keeping up-to-date with social media trends and changes, while adapting creative and copy for posts to optimize impressions and engagement.
• Moderating comments per the page guidelines and rules. Revise guidelines as needed.
• Responding to direct messages as needed.
• Develop and implement paid strategies for follower growth as needed.

Qualifications:

• Familiarity with RAB, its brand and content.
• Familiarity with Facebook Page Manager platform. Prior experience managing pages a plus but not a requirement.
• Knowledge and understanding of the Facebook platform, its recipients and how Facebook can be deployed for media companies to grow exposure.
• Social Customer Service skills and experience a plus.
• Ability to write clearly and concisely about baseball in a manner optimized for Facebook.

Time: 7-10 hours/week

Stipend: $300/month

To Apply: Send an email to ben at riveraveblues dot com (replacing the words with the proper punctuation) with a summary of qualifications and relevant experience, a few examples of ways you would post recent RAB posts to Facebook (including with summary text and any other creative that may be required), and a few examples of ideas you would pursue to grow RAB’s Facebook presence. Any emails with attachments will be deleted.

Deadline To Apply: Monday, November 26, 2018

It was time, but we finally disabled comments on this site.  Before people point fingers about why or how we should re-enable them, I wanted to provide some reasoning.

1. It’s almost impossible to moderate a comments section like RAB’s without a full time person. There are too many comments and too much to delete.

2. While Disqus provides tools, it doesn’t prevent abuse. The tools are never 100%.

3. Warnings and notices of what is considered appropriate have proven to be absolutely pointless in the RAB comments and these types of forums in general.

4. The current political climate makes nearly every conversation devolve into “snowflakes” and “nazis” arguments, even those about baseball.

5. Once people on the staff begin to receive threats, it’s time to move on.

Thanks for participating in this portion of our history and think you for your continued readership. We just felt it was time to move on from the comments.  Feel free to respond to us on Twitter: @RiverAveBlues.

Just wanted to send out a reminder on our commenting policy.  No one wants to censor you, just be adults and kind to each other.

River Ave. Blues is the premier independent Yankee blog. With multiple posts and thousands of visitors a day, River Ave. Blues has developed into a community of knowledgeable and outspoken Yankee fans. As such, we have to lay out some commenting guidelines for those of who wish to contribute to the site.

First and foremost, we urge everyone who reads to comment. We know a lot of regular readers don’t like to comment, but feel free to stop by and say hi anytime. Now, on with the guidelines:

1. River Ave. Blues now requires registration through Disqus for commenters. You need a valid email address to register. Neither RAB nor Disqus will share or redistribute your email address, and all email addresses are safe from the prying eyes of spammers.
2. For the most part, everyone reading and commenting on RAB is a Yankee fan. Those who are not Yankee fans choose to enter the fray anyway. When arguing and opining about the Yankees, remember that we are all fans of the same team. To that end, personal attacks and insults will not be tolerated. Any comments that we deem libelous, defamatory, abusive, harassing or threatening will not be tolerated, and we may ban repeat offenders from contributing to the site. The same is true for fans of other teams who are here to insult Yankee fans. Constructive conversation, however, will not be stifled.
3. Do not post links to or make mention of any unauthorized retransmissions of Major League Baseball game telecasts. These comments will be removed.
4. While we try to limit profanity on site, we have not censored comments for profanity. We ask that you be judicious in your use of profanity and keep in mind that fans from all walks of life read and contribute to RAB.
5. Keep comments on topic. Every day during the regular season, we will host a Game Thread. In that thread, feel free to discuss the Yanks, the news of the day, what’s happening in the game, etc. For the rest of the posts, do your best to keep comments related to the topic at hand.
6. If your comment does not appear or you receive a message saying it is awaiting moderation, email us or simply wait. Those comments marked for moderation usually fail one of our spam tests, and we’ll approve them as soon as possible.
7. Any comment written out in all capital letters will be deleted. That’s just unnecessary. Also, don’t tell us that you were “first” to post in a thread. We don’t care.
8. Do not post the same comment in multiple threads. If you post something in one thread before another more appropriate post is published, feel free to repeat it, but do not abuse the privilege. Any repeat comments will be deleted, and if you continue to repost comments you’ll be banned.
9. Do not post false breaking news. This is a zero tolerance item. You will be banned immediately if you are caught making up information.

We don’t delete comments very often, but we will when we have to. RAB has developed into a successful site because of our readers, and we want to encourage you to contribute. We also want to keep the conversations relevant and respectful. You may disagree with us but do so courteously, constructively and critically.