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Smaller communities are great but you still need ways for people to find each other, or they just die. For example, if you write a blog, how does anyone find it
by skybrian 3y ago
Smaller communities are great but you still need ways for people to find each other, or they just die. For example, if you write a blog, how does anyone find it who isn’t already subscribed?
Reddit has subject-based discussions, good SEO, and subreddits are distinct enough to have a sense of place. One downside is that outsiders can just drop in and post, often without reading the rules, so you will often get a constant influx of newbie questions - the eternal September problem.
Discord has no SEO, so you’d need some other way of helping people find it. It seems better for people who don’t want to be found?
- jart 3y agoI run a Discord with a bunch of open source developers. We use it to collaborate and get work done, similar to the way most developers use meatspace at their office. Then when we've made something that's worth sharing with a broader audience, we post it on places like Twitter and Hacker News. So it's not like social networks are political parties where you only choose one. Not all of us are anonymous. I'm a public figure and my activities are heavily monitored. It's nice to be able to talk to and collaborate with other people openly without having every breath and whisper permanently indexed to places like Google and hn.algolia.com.