Ah that’s awesome Aaron! I do feel like these social approaches can lead to really cool unexpected outcomes, which I think is harder to achieve with things like fellowships and a more “teachy” approach.
I also think this adds to my feeling that the best community builders are… the best at community building, not just the most knowledgeable—good generalist abilities and intuition, prior experience, and strong social skills (approachability, likability, openness, etc.) all feel more important in my mind than a mental index of the forum/ being really brought into the ideas (these things can be helpful, but don’t feel nearly as important)
Ah that’s awesome Aaron! I do feel like these social approaches can lead to really cool unexpected outcomes, which I think is harder to achieve with things like fellowships and a more “teachy” approach.
I also think this adds to my feeling that the best community builders are… the best at community building, not just the most knowledgeable—good generalist abilities and intuition, prior experience, and strong social skills (approachability, likability, openness, etc.) all feel more important in my mind than a mental index of the forum/ being really brought into the ideas (these things can be helpful, but don’t feel nearly as important)