🧔 Justin This sure has a really cool feel to it and I hope it gets a little more popular, but not too popular.

Ganesh Khade You mean just perfectly popular?

🧔 Justin Yes, I guess I'm really saying "I want this to be good and not to be bad" lol

👁️ Mbladra It's true though - social media in general seems to aim for growth, at the expense of community quality. The larger it gets the more work it is to moderate, and you start to wonder why you got on in the first place..

🧔 Justin Right. It would be interesting to know what exactly causes an eternal September type situation. Is it purely numbers? Maybe the lack of popularity pushes out those might low the quality?

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?

Peter Clarkson Well it's certainly worked for hubski, but I think a small fledgling community would never get off the ground nowadays if you did. I would certainly pay a small joining fee for a decent online community, or even a small subscription. Moderation is work, and it needs to be paid for somehow.