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I wonder if smaller, more active and tight-knit communities are healthier and preferable, but the combination of growth-at-all-costs, catering to influencers an
by emseetech 2y ago
I 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.