My intuition tells me this is the way. I think a hybrid system would be awesome... a Clanker as Moderator, and then a "room" full of gearheads weighing in. I think the secret sauce would be to SOUL.md the clanker/mod juuuust right... He should be inviting, accurate-ish, but just stupid enough to let the gearheads have agency— let the ppl show him up once in a while. For example, you post about the thingamajig in your 57 Chevy. Instead of answering right away, the Clankermod pings Old Joe User— "hey Old Joe User, Retard99 wants to know about the thingamajig, we could sure use your help..." ... The Clankermod is more of a host with incredible social skills, facilitating a party. Idk, what do you think? We should probably create this.

Nostr mimics the void left by dismantled online communities, a casualty of Big Tech's consolidation, courtesy of Bezos and Zuckerberg.

I like it. I’m not a builder in that sense. I move actual molecules around the world, but I would use it for sure. I also think it could smoke LinkedIn if you could have industry specific/niche forums. Like I’m an industrial chemical broker. If I could go to a chat room that was just the people I see twice a year at conferences and ask where to find something a customer wants that would be way more powerful than the crap LinkedIn is pushing.

I've been to two topic-specific forums in the last year, one about carpentry and one about playing the bass, both were wholesome, old-timey fun, generally respectful, and really interesting.