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The Real Story Behind Building community.themakerdad.com

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I just launched community.themakerdad.com, and the announcement post makes it sound clean. Here's the version that didn't make it into that post.

The piece walks through why I wanted a community space alongside the main blog, the forum, and community platforms I compared before settling on Invision Community, and the cost math that decided for me. It also gets into how the forum categories are structured right now, why some sections are hidden for the time being, and the honest back and forth I had over whether this was even the right time to launch it.

Read the full post over on The Maker Dad: The Real Story Behind Building community.themakerdad.com

If you've ever tried to start a community from scratch, what platform did you land on, and would you pick it again? And if you're still on the fence about starting one, what's holding you back?


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