I'm one of the migrants from reddit. I haven't left reddit entirely, but I'm getting that feeling of being on a sinking ship with all of the controversies lately.
While I've only been on Snapzu for a little while now, it's my favorite alternative that I've tried. I really like the layout and interface, and everyone here seems to be really awesome. The smaller userbase is also really encouraging to me, as well.
That said...I have definitely been missing some of the smaller communities I was a part of at reddit. Everything I've searched for so far does have a 'tribe', but most of the areas are completely blank. That's kind of concerning to me.
We'll see how things shake out, though. I definitely want to love snapzu. It looks great, so far!
Well, if a community you want is empty, that's a golden opportunity to start posting content there to get them started.
It's kind of a Catch-22. Everyone loves these smaller niche communities, but when they find them they're empty so they move on. It takes a couple of people to step in and start posting and engaging like crazy so that the next person that comes by looking for their niche sees that it's active and decides to stay and contribute.
That's exactly what I took from it, as well. I figure that in smaller communities, there's that much more of a responsibility on each person to create the kind of community that they want to be a part of. I think that's fair. It just might be the kind of challenge that is both fun and rewarding. Thanks for the thoughts.
Yep, I've never moderated anything (on reddit) before, but I've decided to pitch in some time and try to get a few of the niche communities started up. I may be posting stuff into a space no one but myself visits for a long while, but hopefully someday when someone does show up they'll stick around.
I'm one of the migrants from reddit. I haven't left reddit entirely, but I'm getting that feeling of being on a sinking ship with all of the controversies lately.
While I've only been on Snapzu for a little while now, it's my favorite alternative that I've tried. I really like the layout and interface, and everyone here seems to be really awesome. The smaller userbase is also really encouraging to me, as well.
That said...I have definitely been missing some of the smaller communities I was a part of at reddit. Everything I've searched for so far does have a 'tribe', but most of the areas are completely blank. That's kind of concerning to me.
We'll see how things shake out, though. I definitely want to love snapzu. It looks great, so far!
Well, if a community you want is empty, that's a golden opportunity to start posting content there to get them started.
It's kind of a Catch-22. Everyone loves these smaller niche communities, but when they find them they're empty so they move on. It takes a couple of people to step in and start posting and engaging like crazy so that the next person that comes by looking for their niche sees that it's active and decides to stay and contribute.
That's exactly what I took from it, as well. I figure that in smaller communities, there's that much more of a responsibility on each person to create the kind of community that they want to be a part of. I think that's fair. It just might be the kind of challenge that is both fun and rewarding. Thanks for the thoughts.
Yep, I've never moderated anything (on reddit) before, but I've decided to pitch in some time and try to get a few of the niche communities started up. I may be posting stuff into a space no one but myself visits for a long while, but hopefully someday when someone does show up they'll stick around.