How do you solve the barren land problem in a community?

Question

All communities start with zero members and zero discussions.

When new users join in, they see less content and have no interest in engaging.

How do I solve an issue like this? How can we interest users to post and engage even when there are fewer members in the new community?

Ruby Becker · Answer

This is where content seeding comes into play -- a classic solution to Chichen-egg-problem. For example, both Quora and Reddit founders used to post content (for months) to fill up the platform and attract others to post content. As you can see this approach requires absolute consistency.