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How do forums like this start? (hexbear.net)
submitted 14 hours ago by to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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Ive heard that to start a forum you usually have to have some audience / users before hand, as if nobody is posting then nobody signs up. Was that the case for Hexbear? Or did it just pop up one day and slowly grow? Or i guess on the fediverse someone could see your instance from your account and join that way.

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[–] 12 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

On the first day god created c/main and it was great, posts were flowing, none of the comms were used cos it was a perpetual shitpost feed. And on the second day god took away c/main and its been downhill from there

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  • [–] 5 points 11 hours ago (1 child)

    I genuinely still think trying to force people out of main was a mistake (and is an ongoing mistake)

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  • [–] 5 points 11 hours ago

    I miss the chaos. Some shit was always going down, the vague metaposting was off the charts and the site was unusable for weeks post any particular struggle. It was unique if anything but it matched the vibe of the subreddit

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