Social as in the following:
1.) Not just cross post major/most active/popular content
2.) Anything that encourages open ended discussions and ideas or questions or even relatable, emotionally creative social expressions (i.e frustrations or accomplishments or workflows) like… (think of campfire stories in a sense but virtual)
a.) i.e. posting relatable memes in any style (videos, images, funny skits - Cater more to what’s trending for this generation to the next)
“that moment when…” or
“… it’d be a shame if something were to happen”
“One does not simply…”
“I need/want… Say no more”
b.) Asking things like
“What frustrates you the most as a new user?” or
“How can we make this more user friendly?”
“So why haven’t you lurkers jumped on Tiddlywiki yet?”
“What do you wish to get out of from this community?”
c.) Eyecatching statements / content (can be in social platforms or blogs or forums or YouTube)
“Look what Tiddlywiki can do that ___can’t!”
“You’ve been using this wrong!”
" (a note taking app) Can’t do this!"
“I wish I can do this”
“I’ve got this idea!”
“Wow i can’t believe this works!”
“If i can do this without knowing code, so can you!”
“The best tool I have ever used”
“This is so much better than ___!”
“Things i’ve learned…”
“What i wish i knew… (knew when…)”
“I’ve found a way(s) to make this better/easier”
“A day in the life of…” (some humor)
(Like the clickbaits you see on YouTube)
(That above especially can bring lots of inspiration for new users and be more inviting for users to jump into discussions. Makes things less intimidating)
d.) Meetups / community livestreams / podcasts / talks that encourages more discussions in that medium
- Listing timestamps anf topic summaries in community posts/blog(s) for easy tracking and synthesis of ideas/content
- transcriptions (YouTube, Twitch?)
3.) Giveaways, rewards for active contributors, blogs (Medium), competitions
4.) Being on multiple communication platforms can bring in new potential developers or users but can be quite tedious to manage unless we have a good amount of people to handle that
a.) more community managers
b.) Discord [Not Discourse], Element [Matrix protocol], Telegram)
5.) Keeping things on more popular social platforms can potentially and exponentially draw more new users as well as contributors (all this sounds like marketing and community management skills but not intentionally selling anything) This also makes things easier for those users who are comfortable on those platforms to interact
a.) Have more organized content/posts/discussions like megathreads/specific topic threads/categorized posts (like flairs on Subreddit)
6.) Have it all set up to give the least amount of friction (make it all as convenient as possible) for new users to start talking
a.) Reach out to users on popular platforms instead of centralizing everything and limiting / adding more friction for entries into discussion
b.) be consistent in linking/mirroring to discussion posts, contact info, and related content / resources (somehow automate that too?) Like so…
“Hey i’ve improved this. Here is the original and here is my fork” or
“I share the original source on behalf of since they forgot to”
- Automated posts/bots referencing/linking/reminding of major sources and rules/guidelines like so following the spirit of backlinking
c.)Things like this makes it a lot easier:
7.) Instructions on how to report bugs on github (or heck even how to start an account and how to post in the first place) or how to fork etc. Bare basics. Act like you’re absolutely new to everything just as a kid discovers a puzzle for the first time
a.) Or even just let people to post their bugs/problems on the platforms (i suggest having guidelines that have templates for users to copy-paste for easy understanding of problem / situation) -encouraging more easy follow-up
i.e.
Tiddlywiki Version:
Plugin list:
Intention / Expectation (What am i trying to do?):
Result:
