Great point about starting with a specific vertical. Creator communities (youtubers etc) is an area I had been thinking to focus on, though this space is mostly

Great point about starting with a specific vertical. Creator communities (youtubers etc) is an area I had been thinking to focus on, though this space is mostly dominated by Discord at the moment. > Centralised always wins My dream isn’t necessarily to win in a financial/monopolistic sense, but rather to build a compelling enough alternative to the centralised systems that have lost their way thanks to incentives that aren’t aligned with the community. Facebook, reddit, disqus all started out with good intentions to connect people, but have been slowly eroded by incentives to suck user attention. So it may not the best business strategy, but I think such software should live or die on whether the community enjoys using it and is willing to (financially) support the continued existence, rather than how much attention can be siphoned into ads. In other words, small niche communities where a few members don’t mind contributing financially rather than huge communities that rely on network effects and centralisation.