This product was similar to one SM was conjuring up sometime ago with Gab.Digital that never made it out of beta. ( http://studiominted.com/portfoli... ). The main challenge was the group user feed begins to be less inspiring or beneficial and more like long Twitter rants, hard to follow as they grew. I will be really curious to see how Topik creates groups to form a type of character with personality - where users feel personal to their group (like meetup.com) have a sense of contribution or belonging or attachment - this I see as key to differentiating themselves from Facebook Groups (which has already established this by the mere act of inviting others personally to a group, so you already become heavily interested, right), something that sadly Gab never achieved... maybe Topik will. Being attached to a conversation will be key, conversations will get to long, passionate people will get to powerful and overpowering, ect... Just my two cents.
@tayler2412 That is awesome feedback @tayler2412! Thanks for sharing your thoughts :)
We plan to work on rewarding our members' activity through different mechanics in the next few weeks. I believe what we'd like to do differently is to show how active and contributing members are on the platform as much as in specific communities. Which links back to what you shared about “users feeling personal to their group”. The main problem with only counting followers (or another stat) platform wide is that it increases power laws with time. Instead of leaving an opportunity for new members to be excellent contributors and leaders in a specific community.
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Promising service ! Using it in beta : the interface is neat and fonctionnalities are straight to the point ! I'm looking forward to see the full potential of this platform ! :)
@macsym Those are very valid points. Interestingly enough, I cam across a blog post by @semil where he said founders should focus on iOS only until they find the fit and great momentum. He goes "iOS first, Android much later". What you are doing " mobile web first, iOS later, Lets not even talk about android". I dig it.
Congrats on the launch @macsym & @cfaydi! Was super happy to be involved in your private beta and I can proudly say that I've seen Topick evolve in a very good direction step by step so keep on pushin' !
A quick question tho that I got few notifications lately regarding people who want to join some of my communities: do you plan to make 'private' ones?
@k7vin Glad you like following our iterations :) Like I said above we have learned a lot from the private beta, such as the importance of people introducing posts (versus just sharing links) to keep the quality of the conversation and the engagement up. Or how to offer more friendly moderation tools to keep communities welcoming and decrease spam.
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I dig this already. I was just talking to a coworker about what our morning routine includes (in terms of web reading.) I said I start with CNN's 5 Things Newsletter, Medium's Daily Digest, Product Hunt, and Twitter. I think Topick just made my list. Might have to upgrade to 2 cups of coffee getting my day started.
Hello Maxime @macsym and Clément @cfaydi,
I signed up Topick nine months ago. It was interesting. I've just checked the topick.com again. But it looks offline. ( and Topick's Twitter and Facebook accounts are closed. ) Can you share your experiences about Topick's startup journey ? What was the problem? idea, management, team, growth...etc
Good Luck!
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