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by TylerE 473 days ago
Good enough isn’t nearly good enough. You’re competing against apps, offering just a much better use experience.

One bit of feedback I got repeatedly from users on a couple communities (now dead) I helped run was how much harder posting image and video content in a forum is - true user generated content I mean, not shared from YouTube. Even that meant ricking around with bbcode.
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homarp 473 days ago
i somehow envision a forum as text first. Image and video hosting is 'out of scope'.
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TylerE 473 days ago
Times change. About 95% of the world’s population now carries a good-to-amazing camera in their pocket almost all the time.
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defrost 473 days ago
Don't confuse penetration and ownership:

  As of 2024, there are approximately 4.88 billion smartphone users worldwide, accounting for about 60.42% of the global population. The number of smartphones in use globally is around 7.21 billion.
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   The global smartphone penetration rate was estimated at 69 percent in 2023, up from 2022. This is based on an estimated 6.7 billion smartphone subscriptions worldwide and a global...
( various conflicting sources ).

A number of people have more than a single phone.

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