This really resonates with me too. I already have a private Discord with just a few others who are both friends and work in software development, which serves as our closed-network way of discussing software and also a healthy dose of memes and real-life chat.
Ive thought about inviting others who I'm less close to, because I'd welcome their contributions to those discussions, but there is always the fear of adding anyone reducing the trust and transparency present atm. In lieu of that I'd love a nice and easy way to follow the thoughts of those peers and friends, without having to switch between substack blogs, LinkedIn posts, medium posts and a range of other things.
The trouble, usually, is that convincing all of those peers to adopt a new thing for this alone is a hard sell, when we're already so oversaturated on tools and platforms.
Agreed. I haven't solved that problem myself. Most of my own friends haven't switched to Nicheless, although most of them don't write elsewhere either. To me, nicheless is an ideal space for those that are afraid to publish online to start doing so. I'm yet to figure out how to make that happen.
Makes sense! One of the things stopping me from publishing is less about time or size of post, and more about focus and method. Nicheless definitely helps with focus/scope because of the limit on post length; perhaps you can incentivize if the platform provides helpful writing tips and suggestions? Just a thought, might be outside the scope of the platform.
Ive thought about inviting others who I'm less close to, because I'd welcome their contributions to those discussions, but there is always the fear of adding anyone reducing the trust and transparency present atm. In lieu of that I'd love a nice and easy way to follow the thoughts of those peers and friends, without having to switch between substack blogs, LinkedIn posts, medium posts and a range of other things.
The trouble, usually, is that convincing all of those peers to adopt a new thing for this alone is a hard sell, when we're already so oversaturated on tools and platforms.