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You often have to seed a social site in order for it to be compelling for people to consume. Once they're hooked, then they start submitting. As long as the qu
by Mystalic 14y ago
You often have to seed a social site in order for it to be compelling for people to consume. Once they're hooked, then they start submitting.
As long as the quality is good, I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing.
- Ergomane 14y agoI've built a number of social sites for broadcasting companies and this is indeed common practice. No-one's attracted to a forum filled with void. All you need is a few carefully constructed, interesting personas as a nucleus to kickstart, then gradually remove them once the community has formed around them and becomes self-sustaining.