Ask HN: Why a Great Product Won't Succeed Without a Community
3 points by gonzar79 | 0 comments
An Ask HN post venting that great products fail without a community, arguing founders should build an audience before launching.
#community-building on Hacker News
4 stories tagged community-building, newest first.
If You Build It, They Will Come(benlandautaylor.com)
416 points by barry-cotter | 140 comments
Ben Landau-Taylor essay arguing the fastest way to join a social group is to organize events around the group's core activity, since demand exceeds supply.
I built something that changed my friend group's social fabric(blog.danpetrolito.xyz)
552 points by dandano | 246 comments
A personal blog post by Dan Petrolito about a project he built in 2022 that reshaped how his globally dispersed friend group stays connected.
Stoop Coffee: A simple idea transformed my neighborhood(supernuclear.substack.com)
1485 points by surprisetalk | 454 comments
A guest post on the Supernuclear Substack by Patty Smith describing how a weekly stoop coffee tradition built community in her neighborhood.