devtesla wrote on June 15, 2022 at 4:50 AM

Yeah we're much more of a casual website, and our traffic is too low, to make those features make sense. My online community making is focused more on removing barriers to posting than adding to them, and I think a problem with a lot of these ideas is the high barrier to entry. Are people going to want to post so much that they put up with them? Worth experimenting with, though.

hollyhoppet wrote on June 15, 2022 at 7:41 PM

for what it's worth i don't ever upvote anything lol

Seirdy OP wrote on June 16, 2022 at 4:43 PM (edited on June 16, 2022 at 4:44 PM)

Yeah this only applies to certain types of forums.

I've been thinking of creating A Thing made of participating sites. Starting with a webring, inclusion criteria, and a chatroom to share draft posts; then I'll add a forum. I want to keep everything low-volume, and this was my brainstorming.

not really a forum or social network as much as a community that happens to include a forum.