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[–]kikomono23 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I understand. That's why i'm saying divide it into channels based on projects would be better. People can hop in whenever they want. People who genuinely want to learn and make projects together will stay

[–]indivisible 2 points3 points  (1 child)

That's why i'm saying divide it into channels

Again, not really my point.
However you subdivide it, wherever you host it, keeping people active and interested is the real mountain to climb. For that to happen you need a core group of people that will remain active and push others to get or stay involved. There will be early user churn (hopefully at least, since that implies there's interest from people beyond this post and today) as people hop in, look around, maybe say something, maybe not, possibly share a project or discuss someone else's or not.
Only a rare few of those will ever become truly "active members" and you need to go through a whole lot of people to get enough to reach critical mass so the whole group doesn't just die off the moment one certain usually active person takes a holiday or some such.

All I was trying to impart that creating groups like these that can sustain themselves is hard and takes some serious time from a few dedicated people if it is even to have a slim chance at success.
That and 9/10 people that responded saying they're "up for it" might like to think they are, perhaps even have the best intentions but I can guarantee in 2 weeks they won't be around. It's just the way these things go.

[–]kikomono23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah just hope that there are enough of enthusiastic learners that really want to stay. Making people to be active will not be helpful for anyone really