The one thing that would make Tildes more appealing to me is more groups. I know that they are supposed to develop organically out of more general groups, but there are advantages to being able to...
The one thing that would make Tildes more appealing to me is more groups. I know that they are supposed to develop organically out of more general groups, but there are advantages to being able to start them without the organic growth.
For one, people are more likely to engage with communities that match their specific interest and less likely to engage if the site's groups are so broad that it includes things they don't care about. For example, I wouldn't call my self a fan of sports but I really enjoy hockey. I would not enjoy a sports group where hockey was 5% of the content so I wouldn't visit it. If I want to find conversations about my specific interest, I would have to wade through a lot of things I'm not interested in and so would all the other people with the same interest. If there were a group for my specific interest, I'd be much more likely to participate in it because I know that everyone in that group shares the same interest as I do.
Second, some specific interests are so popular that requiring they develop "organically" is counterproductive and just limits their growth. For example, the subreddit r/lawschool has 360,000 subscribers, but r/law has only 200,000. Requiring people interested in law school to post in a law group would severely limit participation. Interests with superficial similarities, like law and law school or grad school and law school, are actually very different and there would be little overlap between the groups.
The one thing that would make Tildes more appealing to me is more groups. I know that they are supposed to develop organically out of more general groups, but there are advantages to being able to start them without the organic growth.
For one, people are more likely to engage with communities that match their specific interest and less likely to engage if the site's groups are so broad that it includes things they don't care about. For example, I wouldn't call my self a fan of sports but I really enjoy hockey. I would not enjoy a sports group where hockey was 5% of the content so I wouldn't visit it. If I want to find conversations about my specific interest, I would have to wade through a lot of things I'm not interested in and so would all the other people with the same interest. If there were a group for my specific interest, I'd be much more likely to participate in it because I know that everyone in that group shares the same interest as I do.
Second, some specific interests are so popular that requiring they develop "organically" is counterproductive and just limits their growth. For example, the subreddit r/lawschool has 360,000 subscribers, but r/law has only 200,000. Requiring people interested in law school to post in a law group would severely limit participation. Interests with superficial similarities, like law and law school or grad school and law school, are actually very different and there would be little overlap between the groups.