[smnkgv]

Thank you for your comment! That is a very valid observation - network effect is hard to beat. Moreover, because of how our voting system works, the project becomes even more dependent on community size than, say, reddit, that has a top-down moderation structure. And it is also dependent on volunteers voting on the content and on moderation proposals. That is more work than, say, clicking upvotes sometimes or just consuming content. But hey, if in exchange you get better bot resistance, better content, and full transparency, would the additional effort not be worth it?

And, of course, as the hero section of the landing page says, this is still an experiment. Indeed, it does not matter whether it works mathematically if it does not work psychologically - this is what we want to test!

[JimsonYang]

Just saw this, it still feels like youre focusing on what demand side of the equation.

Stuff like better content, bots, and transparency don’t really affect me. Now engagement with me=>now you got my attention.

It can be hard or tedious to even get comments on other platforms. TikTok you need 1 month of videos while on LinkedIn the sweet spot is around 2k+ followers. I don’t really care how you do it, but if you’re able to create a hacker news ecosystem but for mass social media-that’s awesome