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Lots has been written about this. There are several ways. 1. You start small ( pick a topic and be the best place to discuss that topic) 2. You can fake engag

• tsumnia 6y ago
  > You can fake engagements with multiple accounts to get the ball rolling ( reddit did it, indiehackers did it etc...) As Steve Huffman described it in his old Udacity course (no longer available), no one wants to visit a ghost town. So when they were making Reddit, they'd create multiple accounts to post from so it "seemed" like a thriving community already existed. It does bring up interesting questions on where it sits in on the ethics spectrum, but the cold start problem is still very difficult with no one solution.