Quality Culture vs Engagement in Community Events
Summary
CommunityOne Builders Help discusses whether building a culture of quality is worth lower engagement. The announcement shows a new #archives channel with cards for five standout events over three years (four successes, one failure) and an upcoming community-run Instagram art event seeking sponsors. The team requests honest opinions on direction.
As the title suggests building a culture of quality is harder than driving engagement and I'm genuinely unsure whether I should keep going with this approach
so I'd love some honest opinions.
The screenshots show our new #archives channel, which I created yesterday. I made cards for each of our standout events. We've hosted more than whats shown, but these represent the best of them only 5 truly quality events over 3 years. Four went incredibly well, and the last one failed pretty badly.
We're also planning an art based event run by our community on Instagram and we're currently looking for sponsors.
what's really been on my mind ?
I've been focused on running unique Discord events the kind you dont typically see elsewhere. Sometimes they fall flat sometimes they take off. They're not frequent and while everyone recommends at least one event per month thats a challenge when every concept is original and people rarely show interest upfront.
Now I'm questioning my own motivation am I hosting events for real engagement or just for appearances?
What I'm trying to build is a culture of quality over quantity. But it's infrequent it doesn't generate as much engagement as traditional events and our upcoming Instagram event won't drive any activity on Discord at all. So I have to ask "is this still worth pursuing?"
As the title suggests building a culture of quality is harder than driving engagement and I'm genuinely unsure whether I should keep going with this approach so I'd love some honest opinions.
The screenshots show our new #archives channel which I created yesterday. I made cards for each of our standout events. We've hosted more than whats shown but these represent the best of them only 5 truly quality events over 3 years. Four went incredibly well and the last one failed pretty badly.
We're also planning an art based event run by our community on Instagram and we're currently looking for sponsors.
what's really been on my mind ?
I've been focused on running unique Discord events the kind you dont typically see elsewhere. Sometimes they fall flat sometimes they take off. They're not frequent and while everyone recommends at least one event per month that's a challenge when every concept is original and people rarely show interest upfront.
Now Im questioning my own motivation am I hosting events for real engagement or just for appearances?
What I'm trying to build is a culture of quality over quantity. But it's infrequent it doesnt generate as much engagement as traditional events and our upcoming Instagram event won't drive any activity on Discord at all. So I have to ask: "is this still worth pursuing?"
