@LeadersandLunatics
in /digg 29 days ago
I’m trying to get two subs off the ground and . Looking for tips in terms of community growth. With exception of organic growth from people just searching for the topics, are there any other recommended activities or methods?
Thanks!
29 days ago
With it being so early in this chapter of Digg, I find it’s very much free for all I think.
I’ve been running experiments in my approach to building community in a way that feels heartfelt and sincere to the type of community culture I want to see persist.
Here are some of my approaches with examples so far.
I founded two different communities and . The former is pretty self-explanatory and the latter is related to Apple developers.
With , I’ve tried a combination of reaching out to posters who submit bird pics in or . A little friendly nudge.
With , I didn’t really get to that until just now because the first few days it was very quiet and I wanted to focus my energy on growing a more approachable community centered around an easier interest. I’ve just now posted (and cross-posted) to , along with other developer ones like and . It remains to be seen how well that will be received.
For both, announcing in has been useful and entertaining, if only for seeing how other communities are also going about recruitment.
The idea of advertising myself or the things I do makes me cringe. But that’s also something that being a part of has also helped me feel better about.
That is to say, it already seems like culture is forming. You just have to be the one to find it. And we can only get there if we start digging :D
29 days ago
Hey dude, thanks for the great thoughtful feedback. Funny enough, I actually saw you posting around with so the little promo clearly goes a long way!! Here’s to growing in the right way (I’m looking at you Reddit 😂)
29 days ago
I dunno. It’s almost like when there’s no bots and you know you’re reaching real people, the motivation and incentive is just there to be a real person too!
Good luck to all of us! :)
29 days ago
Appreciate how much you've already been contributing to the broader community at Digg. Stoked to see your communities flourish!
29 days ago
Wow thank you! And thanks for making it a fun place to be so far. The UI is excellent!
Also please tell me you’ve seen the bagel. We data nerds over at want to make sure you’ve seen the bagel!
29 days ago
9,647 communities now, and as of yet, nobody has scooped up bagel as a community name (eg decent chance that until that happens bagel keyword searching is going to lead back to your analysis and I personally find that awesome/hilarious from a data perspective)
29 days ago
I would have but I’m at founder limit! But maybe not because two is probably my limit mentally.
But I find it hilarious that keyword searching for bagel will lead back to my analysis. This is where our history began, friends. Hahah
28 days ago
There is a joke in there somewhere about you sprouting the bagel seeds to help the site grow:)
I'm not inclined to make any communities (have too much on my plate in life already to be a good steward to a community here) but would definitely join if someone makes bagel a reality, just hoping one of the bots doesn't grab it- was looking at the newest table csv and the "oops all ai" joke isn't as funny anymore bc the sheer volume that has poured in since last data update is... not looking like a fun time for whomever on the backend has to clean all this up
28 days ago
Understandable. And respect for keeping your peace!
I bet that team Digg member in question would be be 😬
28 days ago
Daniel should ask Dig for a hefty bagel budget be added, least that can be done is some free breakfast orbs when the volume of sludge popping up on a very simplistic keyword pull of the data set suggests they are facing a firehose of spam to sift through daily
28 days ago
just pretend I spelled the site name correctly, the lack of editing here means my frequently typos are just gonna have to fly for awhile:)
28 days ago
Sounds like some solid changes if you nipped that many before they were even created, of the 1,375 new communities created on last dataset I was poking at (going off Simple List link so not real time data like you have on backend) only 9.4% immediately flagged as lowest tier of spam which considering volume you had incoming v what was created v which accounts have started posting, not too shabby at all:)
27 days ago
Wanted to pass along the idea my brain farted out since it may help mitigate some of the spam that is making it thru the firehose. It seems like a fair number of the spam accounts/bots over last 24hrs making self promotion communities aren't filling in the community about/guidelines portions during community setup.
- Question: Do yall have a way to add a friction point for posting to communities?
- Idea: Community stays in dormant mode until the about/guidelines are populated.
- Potential Benefits: Could help slow down the less invested (lazy) bot runners from spooling up more communities for whack a mole which in turn lowers the volume of total orphaned communities when a spam account is inevitably banned, cuts down on number of repetitive 'whats going on with all the bots' posts yall have to respond to, and establishes best practices for legit communities to fill in the basics so mods/admin have something already defined to point to if there are future 'why was my post removed' appeals
- To Consider: If you apply something like this universally, means a number of newly established but legit communities would go dormant (eg founders may not have populated the sidebar yet but plan to), might be less of a userbase feedback headache to apply as a go-forward v a retro change
Don't envy you facing the endless sludge that is knocking at the door, but do appreciate everything yall are doing to squash it down
