hot community take 

exclusivity is not a good way to make a community

that means for example a board software that has special cases for certain users to have things unattainable for others

if you want to foster a good community you need a level playing field for everyone to have the same set of features (when those features are for the most part, cosmetic) as everyone else

exclusivity encourages cults of personality

hot community take, maybe subtoot 

this is probably a heavy and vague subtoot but, having tried to participate in communities where certain users get special perks that are hardwired into the software you're using

like yeah i guess it's fun for you and your friends

but that's not how you make an open community

you're making a closed circle of people in on the joke

and when and outsider looks in and sees all that, they'll just be confused, perplexed and frustrated

hot community take, maybe subtoot 

by all means i'm not saying you're not allowed to have fun with software, go heck the world up with your weird little gadgets made for your and your friends

but please don't try to pass it off as a community open to everyone, it really isn't

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