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Any tips on how to get your friends to actually use the social network? I've tried and failed with Slack and Mastodon.

fuball63 7y ago
This is the biggest question to me too. Whenever I try to do something like this, my friends will do it for a short while, seemingly in support of me/the project, then fall off. I have the same issue with making computer games too. They will try it once, say good job, and never bring it up again. I now try and approach games like, 1) what is something that I can play by myself that still brings value and 2) what is that "it feature" that will make someone curious/interested enough to come back, and focus on that. Maybe it's the same for community sites.
- latexr 7y ago
  > I have the same issue with making computer games too. They will try it once, say good job, and never bring it up again. Are you picking friends who like to play games (i.e. they play games you haven’t designed)? If so, are you making the genre of games they like to play? If having your friends enjoy your games is important to you, consider collaborating with one of them, making them part of the design process — make a game for them. Better yet, make a game for you to play together, either cooperatively or competitively, whatever you prefer. Alternatively, make a game where the characters are you and your friends. Ian McConville, of Three Panel Soul[1], made a pixel art game “for and audience of one” where the main character was his girlfriend. At the end, he asked her to marry him[2]. You don’t need to do something so grandiose, but being a character in a game might make your friends more invested in playing it. [1]: http://www.threepanelsoul.com/ http://www.threepanelsoul.com/ [2]: https://www.comicmix.com/2008/06/27/webcomic-news-roundup-love-life-and-poop/ https://www.comicmix.com/2008/06/27/webcomic-news-roundup-lo...
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This is the biggest question to me too. Whenever I try to do something like this, my friends will do it for a short while, seemingly in support of me/the project, then fall off. I have the same issue with making computer games too. They will try it once, say good job, and never bring it up again. I now try and approach games like, 1) what is something that I can play by myself that still brings value and 2) what is that "it feature" that will make someone curious/interested enough to come back, and focus on that. Maybe it's the same for community sites.

latexr 7y ago
> I have the same issue with making computer games too. They will try it once, say good job, and never bring it up again. Are you picking friends who like to play games (i.e. they play games you haven’t designed)? If so, are you making the genre of games they like to play? If having your friends enjoy your games is important to you, consider collaborating with one of them, making them part of the design process — make a game for them. Better yet, make a game for you to play together, either cooperatively or competitively, whatever you prefer. Alternatively, make a game where the characters are you and your friends. Ian McConville, of Three Panel Soul[1], made a pixel art game “for and audience of one” where the main character was his girlfriend. At the end, he asked her to marry him[2]. You don’t need to do something so grandiose, but being a character in a game might make your friends more invested in playing it. [1]: http://www.threepanelsoul.com/ http://www.threepanelsoul.com/ [2]: https://www.comicmix.com/2008/06/27/webcomic-news-roundup-love-life-and-poop/ https://www.comicmix.com/2008/06/27/webcomic-news-roundup-lo...

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