Ask HN: How do you create a successful community from zero?
I helped building producthunt.com and overclockers.at (and other less successful ones)<p>Here a few learnings:<p>1. the community already exists, you just create a communication platform for it<p>2. make it clear what the community is about [positioning/marketing]<p>3. make sure the communication/content is interesting [quality]<p>4. make sure there is enough engagement [perceived critical mass] (encourage people to post, post yourself a lot, fake accounts if needed, only create subforums once the main ones are noisy)<p>5. have a rhythm - some communities need daily good posts, some live of the weekly newsletter