What can we do to change this? I don't think chapo.chat will ever be huge, but it would be nice for it to be consistently active.

    • CommieGirl69 [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      one thing about communities is that you have to let them grow organically (not in size, i mean in nature)

      not saying it's gonna work, i'm saying trying to "steer" chapo.chat is the only sure way to make it unsuccessful, while letting it be can either work or not

    • Owl [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      So I almost entirely agree with you, minus the parts I'm quoting. Agreement takes fewer words than disagreement, please don't let that skew my emphasis.

      So to “correct” that bias in your view these people should act and post and approach this community differently

      I didn't say that. I'm identifying a problem (one reason this place isn't growing). I didn't suggest we should fix it by everyone behaving in a way that's unnatural to them. I didn't suggest any course of action to fix it. I don't know a good one.

      Let this community develop its own balance and health and find its place, maybe it will attract unexpected growth , maybe not. I dont think we are in some kind of “wrong track” here, just an uncertain one.

      It is entirely possible that the natural balance of the current model of this community is an increasingly dwindling number of users. If this is acceptable then okay. If you don't like it then you might have to figure out something to do about it.