How about writing a “top 10 posts on Arbital” post for LW discussion? That way it’s easier for people to see discussions to which they might want to contribute.
I think that’s better done by people who are actively writing and want to invite commenters.
That’s a valid strategy but if that’s what you did, why do you think your experience proves that it’s hard to get people to contribute to the discussion?
Because we reached out to people who were pretty excited about the platform and who were already spending a lot of their time blogging / doing discussions. I imagine if we reached out to people who are less excited / who write less, we would have gotten even less of a response.
I think that’s better done by people who are actively writing and want to invite commenters.
Given that you’ve been so involved, I don’t think anyone would think it out of place for you to make a post. I, for one, would be happy to have a general “Introduction to the top 10 Arbital posts”.
Aside from the haziness and uncertainty, I also often felt off-put because of a lack of a prominent wiki / introduction to the vast space of things Arbital offers.
I think that’s better done by people who are actively writing and want to invite commenters.
Because we reached out to people who were pretty excited about the platform and who were already spending a lot of their time blogging / doing discussions. I imagine if we reached out to people who are less excited / who write less, we would have gotten even less of a response.
Given that you’ve been so involved, I don’t think anyone would think it out of place for you to make a post. I, for one, would be happy to have a general “Introduction to the top 10 Arbital posts”.
Aside from the haziness and uncertainty, I also often felt off-put because of a lack of a prominent wiki / introduction to the vast space of things Arbital offers.