Thread by @TheVTran

IT'S A MONDAY. 💦

Here's a list of embarrassing mistakes I've made so far, as communications director at Kitfox Games.

A teeny thread where we may cringe and realize everyone hecks up sometimes. Maybe not useful info, but maybe a nice relief about expectations and trying.

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1. In my first month(?) of working at Kitfox, I sent a GIANT email to community members and... forgot to bcc the emails. And some people hit "Reply All" to scold me.

(I cried for a week straight because I thought I'd be fired 💦)

2. Sent a big email to important press to schedule appointments with us... And the link to book the appointments was wrong and redirected to an error page.

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3. Misspelled the name of the press person I was emailing about our game.

Misspelled their outlet name too.

(DONT SEND PRESS EMAILS WHEN EXHAUSTED. 😭) (They were very nice about it though, bless.)

4. More than once, @tanyaxshort has had to remind me/ask me to check something that, uh, as part of my job, I really should've been on top of. Oops. Aghh.

(I realize I'm in a privileged position to have a ~boss~ that allows me to fail and that I trust, btw)

5. Have suggested a fan art contest, only to have had like... 2 entries? 3 maybe? UGHhhh. 🤮

And whatever other marketing campaign ideas I've had that never took off.

6. That time we first announced Boyfriend Dungeon... without a Steam page to collect wishlists??

It feels like that should've been my job to make sure we optimized our announcement to the fullest and uhh I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT frick 😣💦

There's probably many more I've forgotten and/or buried into oblivion, but I just wanted to make it clear no one, especially based on social media presence, is perfect at their work. Put no one on a pedestal.

It's ok to heck up a bit. It's good to try. We learn from it.

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