I really like the idea of experimenting with different kinds of engagement via the Forum, especially the idea of a drip ! Suggestions:
Rename the tag name a bit more intuitive e.g. “LW Article Club 2022” or something. (Make people more likely to participate)
In each linkpost :
A top level post explaining the idea / project (make it as easy as possible for people to participate)
I could help draft something / give comments)
In the post:
Explain what you’ll do (post every monday)
Explain how people can participate (comment on post / linkpost posts they think are valuable and they think there should be more engagement with)
Suggest subscribing to the tag so they can get email notificatons when a new post is published
(Once finalized) Edit the tag description with 2 lines explaining what the club is (format, goals)
As for the zoom calls I don’t have any thoughts on that—I think you’d probably get enough interest to host them. I’m personally more excited about experimenting with this new format.
Noted. I think I will hold off on the Zoom thing for the first post or two so I can focus on getting them right. I will put a note in each post about signing up for Zooms once I am doing them. I am considering how to handle it (encouraging others to organize Zooms?) if there are more than ~5 people interested.
It seems like getting the name/tag details right is going to be important and I don’t have too much time to think about that before Monday, so I will probably wait to do the first post. I expect to be able to iron those details out next week.
My current plan is (see main post)
I really like the idea of experimenting with different kinds of engagement via the Forum, especially the idea of a drip ! Suggestions:
Rename the tag name a bit more intuitive e.g. “LW Article Club 2022” or something. (Make people more likely to participate)
In each linkpost :
A top level post explaining the idea / project (make it as easy as possible for people to participate)
I could help draft something / give comments)
In the post:
Explain what you’ll do (post every monday)
Explain how people can participate (comment on post / linkpost posts they think are valuable and they think there should be more engagement with)
Suggest subscribing to the tag so they can get email notificatons when a new post is published
(Once finalized) Edit the tag description with 2 lines explaining what the club is (format, goals)
As for the zoom calls I don’t have any thoughts on that—I think you’d probably get enough interest to host them. I’m personally more excited about experimenting with this new format.
I will put a bit more thought into the title/tag and comment here with my ideas for them.
I already had something like #2 in mind. I will also post here/pm you for feedback.
Did you see the tag description I wrote? I will think about it more after final title/tag. Feel free to suggest changes/additions.
(Suggesting adding this to the top-level post so people can quickly see the update!)
I think I misunderstood what you meant here at first. Adding it now.
I would be interested in a Zoom discussion.
Noted. I think I will hold off on the Zoom thing for the first post or two so I can focus on getting them right. I will put a note in each post about signing up for Zooms once I am doing them. I am considering how to handle it (encouraging others to organize Zooms?) if there are more than ~5 people interested.
It seems like getting the name/tag details right is going to be important and I don’t have too much time to think about that before Monday, so I will probably wait to do the first post. I expect to be able to iron those details out next week.