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2mo ago

I posted the same comment in four different threads over a month. The views were 221, 15, 12, and 9.

Same effort every time, same comment, just a different thread each time. The spread came entirely from which thread I picked, not from anything I changed about what I wrote.

That has changed how I think about distribution. It stopped being a channel decision and became a research step before I write anything: how fresh the thread is, how many replies it already has, whether the person asking is actually going to read what comes back.

4yr ago

I’m Rosie Sherry, I build communities and I'm the founder of Rosieland. AMA 🔥

I m Rosie Sherry and I ve been building communities for quite some time! I m here to answer anything and everything I can about community building. Here are some of the things I ve done: - I started back in 2006 with a local Girl Geek Dinner Meetup - I founded Ministry of Testing, an indie, 7 figure revenue and profitable community of practice for software testers. I handed this community over for someone else to run (I did not sell it). - I led the community at Indie Hackers for a couple of years - I started Indiependent, a small community for indie founders where people get kicked for inactivity - I ve been writing about community at Rosieland (covering community growth, flywheels, Minimum Viable Communities, Community Discovery, and much more!) - I breathe, eat, sleep community Ask me anything about community, I can cover things like: - Tools to use, or not - Community on a budget - Community as a business - Minimum Viable Communities - Community Discovery - Community Growth & Flywheels - Building a sustainable community - Community trends - Why so many people are getting community wrong! I'll be answering questions on the 7th of September!

4yr ago

Do you consider that AI can be used to create Art?

Art = the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.

6h ago

What is the right balance between conversational prompts and traditional visual controls?

I was testing an app recently that relied almost entirely on text prompts to navigate and edit settings. While it made initial onboarding really fast I quickly lost track of what the tool could actually do because there were no menus to explore.

I feel like prompt bars are great for complex execution, but visual layouts are still essential for checking data accuracy and seeing your workflow at a glance.

Where do you draw the line when deciding which features belong in a chat box vs a standard screen layout?

3yr ago

What is the next trend after AI?

Just few months ago Web3 was trending and now AI. What do you think is next?

13d ago

Creative feedback is a PROBLEM! How are people handling it?

I run multi-client creative work (video, ad scripts, photography) and feedback always ends up scattered across WhatsApp, email, and Figma comments. Half the time nobody's sure which version actually got approved.
Curious how others handle this, especially freelancers and small agencies juggling several clients at once.
Is your bottleneck getting clear feedback, keeping versions straight, or something else entirely?

5h ago

How do you prevent coding assistants from reading irrelevant repo files?

Whenever I start a session in a large monorepo the agent automatically indexes or pulls in context from unrelated microservices. Suddenly, it starts suggesting patterns or types from a completely different service that shouldn't even be communicating with the current module.

The broader the context window gets, the more "cross-contamination" happens in the suggestions. How do you effectively curate or prune the file context before handing off a task to an agent?

5h ago

Best zero cost trick to clean up old Notion tasks that slow down mobile?

My main task list is getting super laggy on mobile because of thousands of old entries.

I just want done items to disappear from my main view once they hit the 30 day mark without paying for extra automation tools.

Anyone using a smart database filter setup or formula trick that hides old stuff without breaking the workspace?

4yr ago

How do you manage to separate work and personal life when working remotely?

Hello everyone! I often have a problem with the fact that my personal life is mixed with my work life. What kind of life hacks do you have for organizing your work from home?

4yr ago

How do you come up with ideas for new features (products)?

We're all different. For some people, coming up with new ideas (products) is a system. For others - inspiration. Let's share the experience
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