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  • jet@hackertalks.com
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    They got excited, they expected other people to generate the content, and they got bored and left.

    Starting a community takes real work, you got to do the legwork to get people aware, you’ve got a generate content to start the conversation, you’ve got to keep the ball rolling to keep people invested, it’s a non-trivial work.

    Founding a community then posting a request for moderators and walking away isn’t going to cut it. It’s a big time investment. So I salute the people who are doing it!

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      Yeah, actually moderating an online space with even modest activity is fucking hard and takes a shitton of time.

      I think a lot of people underestimate the effort involved and quickly lose interest once it becomes apparent.

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        Yeah, bothered me during the protests to see people downplaying the importance of mods from those who were upset about their favorite sub being shut down. It’s a thankless job that takes lot of building to get started and exposure to bunch of crap to keep the place nice for its users.