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> Engagement will always be better on new platforms The primary effect is that communities with fewer users have stronger common bonds, the age of the platform
by Alex3917 2y ago
> Engagement will always be better on new platforms
The primary effect is that communities with fewer users have stronger common bonds, the age of the platform isn't super relevant.
That said, the engagement on Twitter has been terrible since almost the very beginning. I'm sure it was super magical for folks who were at SXSW that first year, but the conversion rate has been garbage ever since then. Whereas maybe 50% - 70% of people will open the average cold email, the percentage of people who will click a link on Twitter was maybe 1 in 1,000 even 10+ years ago.
- emseetech 2y agoI wonder if smaller, more active and tight-knit communities are healthier and preferable, but the combination of growth-at-all-costs, catering to influencers and fear of "bubbles" keeps those communities from becoming more common.
- pixl97 2y agoCommunity is hard to maintain in the sense it either slowly dies off or experiences bouts of extreme growth even without the growth mentality. Think of a reverse slashdot effect where something posted on the community drives a bunch of users there quickly and either causes a rise in expense or a difficulty in moderation. If there is no growth you slowly lose users to entropy and the community fades.
- emseetech 2y agoFeels like there should be ways to mitigate this, like having a waiting list and booting users for inactivity after a certain amount of time. That way the community stays active but doesn't get flooded.