What minecraft taught me about community

Let your most active and dedicated members contribute back to the community, through moderation, events, and engagement creation.

Create engagement. As your community grows, members should create engagement among themselves, but you can always create points of engagement to help encourage it, especially in the early days.

Give community members the ability to earn social status and capital within the community.

Truly understand who your different members are, what value looks like to them in the community, and find ways to provide that value.