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The article mentions "your job is social first, technical second" but seems to focus mostly on the technical aspects. Was hoping to find more advice for the soc
by andai 3y ago
The article mentions "your job is social first, technical second" but seems to focus mostly on the technical aspects. Was hoping to find more advice for the social aspects.
Created a tiny Discord for some friends and have been wondering what I can do to make it worth spending time on (specifically, how do I make it more interesting than all the other servers they could be spending time on--if I just copy what I've seen works, then I'll probably just have the same thing with less activity).
Worth mentioning my specific intention was to foster the sort of high quality discussion that is possibly unique to this website. So I guess I'm wondering if HN's recipe can be replicated, and what's the secret sauce. Strong rules and moderation? But the culture seems to play a big role too.
- apantel 3y agoIt’s funny how even a tiny project like this gives rise to the question “How do we boost engagement?”
- redcobra762 3y agoThe secret to HN is YCombinator, so I guess fund a wildly successful startup accelerator and get the people orbiting those startups to participate.
- Snow_Falls 3y agoErr, if your friends don't want to chat with you, I don't think there's much you can do. Maybe they're just busy? Or maybe you'd be better off doing other activities with them (multiplayer games etc) if you want to hang out.