Community Is The Future
As big social keeps heading on a trend to enshittification, smaller communities are sprouting up to make a difference and change the landscape.
Communities have always been important, but they've mostly been encompassed in larger "Big Tech" sites like Facebook and LinkedIn. Now community platforms like Might Networks, Skool, and Circle, among others are sprouting up to foster a much more independent sense of community way from "Big Tech."
I recently launched my Podcast Mastery Community (you can find more info on that here). This is a spot where people who want to start podcasts or be on other people's podcasts can come together and learn how to do it the RIGHT way.
I'm betting on my 15 years in the podcasting industry to help those who join excel and make back the small price of admission ($50/mo or $525/yr).
With subscription fatigue being a real thing and the economy in the toilet, people need to be conscious of where their money is going. To be honest, small dedicated communities, like mine, are where it's going to be.
This is not a sales pitch, I promise you. Whether it be my community or another, finding where YOUR people are is more important than ever now. And keeping yourself off of "Big Tech" is going to be even more important than ever, because these big networks have only one person in mind – their investors. NOT YOU!
What do you think? Am I going of the deep end? Am I on to something?
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M.G. Siegler
I tend to agree. Instagram is where people hangout the most. Facebook, from the people I know, not as much.
A great newsletter about the women of WordPress. This is much needed.
Juan Hernando
A great take on what many of us have been wondering. What does a WordPress Community Program Manager do? Juan fills us in.
Danny Goodwin
Use AI for ideas, brainstorming, outlining an article, but don't use it verbatim. Google, and I'm sure other search engines, are looking for AI slop and will ding your content if it's deemed as such.
Sarah Perez
Another reason why Big Tech is evil.
Sarah Perez
AI WordPress building over at WordPress.com. This is gonna get interesting.
Lauren Feiner
Honestly, a break of Meta would be awesome. WhatsApp and Instagram being on their own again, would be fantastic. Will it happen? Probably not. Not with the current administration.
Rae Morey
Big news for a WordPress colleague of mine. Lesley Sims built a great plugin that made building newsletters easy via WordPress. She had a nice exit recently and sold her plugin. It's still a great plugin and worth checking out!
Bryan Barletta
A good PSA. Don't use Spotify's Megaphone, apparently. Oh and Spotify mucks stuff up for podcasters. Good to know. Noted!
Spotify responds to the above article from Sounds Profitable.
Barry Schwartz
So instead of linking out to external sites Google is linking to more search results which adds another step before people go to an actual website. Hey, it's Google's site, they can do what they want. But we don't have to like it.
Matt G. Southern
This could be handy. Also could make the AI more confused. I guess time will tell.
Rae Morey
I get why people are upset about this in the WP ecosystem. But to be honest, better it be one a release a year an minor updates throughout with security patches than a complete abandonment. Honestly, why did there need to be more than one major update a year in the first place?
🎙️Podcast Coaching 🎙️
I've been podcasting since 2010. During those 12+ years I've learned a thing or two about the ins and outs of the industry and approaching it the right way.
I've decided to offer podcast coaching as a service to share the knowledge that I've accumulated over the decade-plus in the industry.
Web Find
A great video on WordPress.com's new AI builder.
That's It For This Week! Keep Rocking It!
-Seth
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