🧉 Martin
So, what's everyone up to today? In my remaining few months of "funemployment", I'm working on a language-learning app idea and hoping to get something out there before I run out of time.
Ganesh Khade
The client is delaying the last payment unnecessarily. After, multiple request, no replay. Zilch. Nada. What do you do? Add a simple wait function multiplied by number of days to slow the web app down. I won't advise this when client is really in bad situation but you just know when to use this. Works every single time. Have you done anything similar on these lines? Tell me you story.
Ganesh Khade
There is a story, where a high scholarly human asks, Goddes of wealth, how can a dumbo have such amount of wealth, and I do not? She answers, because of your knowledge, you get respect even if you don't own anything. But, for a dumbo, wealth is the only means to get respect from others. What do you prefer? Knowledge or wealth? In what percentage?
Peter Clarkson
As far as I can tell, very active moderation is pretty much the only reliable way to achieve community quality - r/askhistorians is a good example. Or there's another site called hubski.com that has a small community, but it has a $5 one-off joining fee which seems to just add that little barrier to entry that makes people feel invested in the community. I absolutely love the aesthetic of this site by the way.
Ganesh Khade
Do you think, it's helpful to add small one-time payment to keep community, spam free?