I didn't thought about its relation to wiki pages. that sounds really cool and yes my biggest interest is because it is inside Github, it must work seamlessly with own tools.
I avoid for years because it is as you said "simple" and might not have the features we use heavily like discussions and sub-issues etc...
I'm not sure if this is necessary. Github, from the beginning, is a platform where we host our source code. I've never needed a discussion board because there are other sites that are precisely serving discussion boards, like StackOverflow.
The idea of having everything on the same platform sounds easy but that is also taking out the opportunity of being a simple and elegant tool. Microsoft is changing Github since they acquired.
That makes me question ( because they are Microsoft), What happens when they add everything inside Github and then they don't like it? Will they have an opportunity of closing Github? Switching it to something inside their office tool? May be office suite for developers? Combine Visual Studio with Github and discussion boards and todo lists and CI tools... ???
I'm the kind of developer/product maker who likes to use a diversity of products. That feeds my creativity and makes me think differently.. I don't want to lose that one.
Anyways...
I wanna ask something different, What do you think if StackOverFlow adds git hosting? Will it work?
i live in istanbul/turkey, and i read most of the comments. the solutions provided ( dns, telegram, other mediums to use etc... ) seems practical but you are missing one thing, that part of the turkey, just started to use tools like twittter, fb, etc.. they don't have same knowledge as we in istanbul.
Blocking twitter, fb, and other tools, was their only chance to get information. i don't say all the information on those platforms are %100 correct but still, they are better then government provided.
Also imagine that, people on that area are just close to the border, yesterday two bombs dropped and 9 people died, 48 people injured and that is just the beginning. there was only social media for them to speak out now they don't. I don't usually follow the press but just because this is a fckng war, i read some news and articles. I can say that, if those people don't distribute the news or stuff happening there, I'm pretty sure the world will not know what is going on there and they will continue to create their own stories.
As an early stage starup founder, I always ask the same question, Why will our users come? Should we postpone the community building to the future? We take a step and start with hangout sessions, what do you think? Is it okay to try with hangout sessions or should we directly start with meetups?
Hey! Thank you for the question. This is Bailey from the First Round interview. Here's my instinct.
When cultivating a community specifically, you need to have clarity on your WHO and WHY before you start investing in programs or tactics.
If you don't have a clear understanding of your people and their motivations, you won't be able to design compelling offerings for your community.
So, get clear on:
1) WHO are my most passionate people?
2) WHY will they want to connect to one another?
In the early days of building a community, a group of passionate people is crucial. If no one cares, no one will show up for this new tool/space you're building.
So if I were you, I'd spend time pinpointing WHO cares the most first. This is not insignificant work. Pinpointing the passionate WHO takes time. (Look to all the research that went into Courtland Allen (@csallen)'s early 150 emails that started Indie Hackers for inspiration: https://research.people-and.com/courtland-allen-wrote-150-pe...)
Once you have a cohort, then I'd do whatever I can to get their time so you can ask questions that will enlighten their WHY. (IMO: Data can inform WHAT, but not WHY?)
When we do these WHY interview sessions with cohorts of passionate users, we always do them in groups because observing how they connect to one another is enlightening for our community design process. We listen for: what they are most excited to talk about with each other about. And we interview them, asking where do they talk about these things now? What activities would they like to do with one another?
Keep in mind, our recommendations are for building a community, which we define as a group of people who keep coming together over what they care about. Take my advice for designing for a community-driven product specifically.
