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They could take a hint from Hacker News. Creating a successful community is all about pre-seeding it. Of course, the problem is this can't be scaled. Making eno
by SlyShy 17y ago
They could take a hint from Hacker News. Creating a successful community is all about pre-seeding it. Of course, the problem is this can't be scaled. Making enough friends to found a domain specific website with a good group of them isn't easy work. Communities aren't easy.
- sriramk 17y agoSO did successfully create a community. I think they ran into the problem that SO itself was successful because of the 'personal brand' of Jeff Atwood and Joel and this didn't extend easily to other communities. Or maybe it is because the coders who hang out on SO are a weird bunch :)