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by user5994461 2149 days ago
There is a live demo here https://p2customers.p2.blog/

I don't get it. Looks like a regular news wall with endless scrolling and comments expanded.

Except anybody can post an announcement on top? and the previous ones disappear under the constant flow?

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The idea here (I think) is that this is meant for use within an enterprise. Like a corporate wiki, but organized more like an aggregator site. I've seen a few similar products that were like enterprise facebook or enterprise twitter. They are sorta useful, but it's hard to get enough engagement to be worthwhile. Your company needs at least a few thousand people in order for them to generate enough content to keep people interested.
For context, a8c started using a prior version of p2 like eleven or twelve years ago, when we were positively dozens of people. We have smaller p2s for teams of three to four people.

tl;dr: nah, doesn't need thousands of people to be useful.

"a8c" is Automattic (makers of Wordpress) for anyone who was confused.

Obligatory "Mean Girls" ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pubd-spHN-0

Lotus Notes?
We DON'T post announcements there, rearely links. The core way we use P2s is to write a thought-out internal memos. Ideally, ever-green ones, that require time to chew on and asynchronous feedback.

My P2 posts are quite often 1000 chars+, I sometimes even write footnotes. (I work for Automattic)