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Claghorn
39
Jun 13, 2016
What is the ultimate purpose of this discussion board? Are there different categories of threads you'd like to see? Do y'all have a vision/mission statement?!
In seriousness, I think some sort of statement of purpose would be beneficial. Maybe there already is one and I've missed it.
payodpanda
958
Jun 13, 2016
ClaghornI think one reason this is still "beta" is that they're still playing around and testing the waters, looking at what works, what doesn't. That said, there must have been some incentive behind starting this discussion place other than "let's get the community to interact with each other more" because that already happens in drops.
I guess one motive would be (or at least I see this as being a side effect of what's happening) for Massdrop to change its image from a vendor / product aggregator with a good community to a good community that also aggregates products based on the needs of the community made apparent by these discussion fora. Community-first, rather than market-first.
I love meta questions and discussions and would love to hear Massdrop's take / reasoning for this.
steve
330
CEO
Jun 14, 2016
Claghorn@Claghorn and @payodpanda
I can definitely answer this. When we started Massdrop, it was originally focused on helping members of different enthusiast communities run group buys more effectively. As we grew, we added polling features, a discussion section as part of the group buy process, started helping the community create new, original products, organize meetups and events, created and posted original content and a lot more.
Over time, the vision for the company evolved to be something much bigger. We decided to start focusing first and foremost on building a great community focused on different interests and hobbies. Buying things are a really important part of that, but as we're growing, we're focusing on launching a ton more features focused *solely* on helping the community interact with each other in a better way.
This talk section is the first of many to come and is a great way to see how the Massdrop community interacts on site. In terms of category of threads, we'd rather see posts that are really thoughtful or original than aiming for having as many threads created as possible.
An example would be @Claghorn's post: https://www.massdrop.com/talk/134/an-inductive-approach-to-discovering-your-style is overall a great thread since it helps make the Men's Style community more accessible to new people that are genuinely interested in getting started. At the same time, the thread is a great place for people that are more advanced members of the community to discuss and debate.
Hope this helps and happy to answer any other questions you guys have.
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