From my experience, smaller communities are better because:
1. Designers are more likely to share certain things in smaller groups, that you won't find in public
2. You’re more likely to hear about struggles, instead of a more glamorized picture on social media
3. (From my personal experience) they have a higher engagement. I’m less likely to get help in a 4,000-person Slack group of people in my co-working space than in the 270-person Slack group of a local Indie Hackers meetup (both have a similar audience)
From my experience, smaller communities are better because:
1. Designers are more likely to share certain things in smaller groups, that you won't find in public
2. You’re more likely to hear about struggles, instead of a more glamorized picture on social media
3. (From my personal experience) they have a higher engagement. I’m less likely to get help in a 4,000-person Slack group of people in my co-working space than in the 270-person Slack group of a local Indie Hackers meetup (both have a similar audience)
I agree.
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