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0 pointsjamesjyu15y ago0 comments

Just to play devil's advocate here: let's say Phrot takes off and becomes wildly popular. Then, isn't it harder to get attention for your posts, since it'll be lost in the crowd? Basically, then you're back to having to market your blog posts heavily on Phrot to get it notice, which is the original problem Phrot is trying to attack.

At a higher level, I disagree with your point that you can get away without the "hassle" of promoting your content. You'll always have to do some kind of promotion of your content, even if it's really good. And, if it's bad, no amount of promotion will get it anywhere.

IMHO, the main point I'm driving at is that there is no "free lunch". You'll always have to promote your content in order to gain a followship. It's just a fact of the web.

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Stevenup700215y ago

If it does take off, I'd be happy to begin subdividing the site into categories in order to help it scale better. By subdividing, there would always be a manageable stream of content within those categories for discovery.

Regarding your point about this not completely eliminating the promotional aspect of gaining a followship, that's not what Phrot is ultimately about. I agree if you really want a followship, you do have to work hard to build it up, and if you're publishing content on a daily basis, that's not what Phrot is for, you can use a wordpress blog or something similar for that. I should also make it clear that we're all about promoting and rewarding good content that wouldn't otherwise be discovered, not giving a chance in the spotlight to everything that gets submitted regardless of how good or bad it is.

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