Do Blogs Need to Be So Lonely?
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The article discusses the potential for blogs to foster community, with a commenter highlighting the Effective Altruism forum as a successful example.
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I think the effective altruism forum (1) is one of the main reasons why the community is able to have produce so much output.
(1) https://forum.effectivealtruism.org