39 － Moderating a Digital Community for Asian Creatives w/ Daniel Anderson of Asian Creative Network

What Kind of Asian Are You?

Host: Kyle Leung

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Guest: Daniel Anderson

Asian Creative Network https://www.facebook.com/groups/AsianCreativeNetwork

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Chinese Adoptee. Physical Disability. Creative Asian. One that uses his voice for things that matter. That's how Daniel would describe himself as. And I feel that he's definitely using his voice for things that matter given what he does.

So for those that does not know, Daniel is a Chinese adoptee from Beijing but was raised in America by a white family. He came into my radar when I joined Asian Creative Network, a Facebook group dedicated to Asians who dare to break the mold. The Asian Creative Network connects and empowers Asian creatives by providing an inclusive, global platform and resources for active community building, collaboration, and growth. Daniel is one of the moderators of the group and shows a lot of support to the creatives in the group (including myself) building a very safe and encouraging community. The group has over 47+k members right now!

Our conversation focused on Daniel himself as is he usually more focused on sharing other people's stories and creative projects rather than talking about himself. He is also not that big on social media in his personal life so it's a bit strange how he moderates such a big online digital community for Asian creatives.

Our conversation topics:

-His background and his Chinese adoptee experience especially with discussing race and the whole Anti-Asian Hate issue with his white family.

-How he became a moderator to such big Asian digital communities first with Subtle Asian Dating and now Asian Creative Network?

-What does moderating/building online digital communities mean?

-How is it like to moderate such a big digital community?

-His creativity and what he likes.

-Him being a voice in helping platform, spotlighting and serving the Asian Diaspora.

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