There was a nice article that I linked to in one of my comments about how the rate of growth is important. Too fast and you alienate the locals, too slow and you stagnate.

mudbloodvonfrei

First Impressions of Stacker News (1 week in)

birdeye21

> Maybe it's just the smaller size of the platform, but when starting from zero, you have far greater reach here than you do on traditional social media platforms.

I had forgotten that this was one of the reasons why I liked HN and reddit like platforms. The playing field is more level. Thanks for reminding me!

I forgot because I began to get more popular on other platforms and they ceased being lonely and unrewarding. So this "feature" that's otherwise positive probably keeps people with big followings away.

Maybe there's a way to strike a balance. Something to consider as we continue to improve the site.