We’re certainly not opposed to a community-contributed comparison
Beyond that, there’s just not a whole lot to gain from us trying to prominently position ourselves as a Facebook Groups alternative. Fact is, if your group is relatively tiny and strapped for cash then you’ll have an easier time getting started on a free platform that’s subsidised by a larger vertical play. Probably only 0.01% of Facebook Groups out there would be able to pay for hosting, and being willing to is a whole other story when you’ve gotten used to the idea of .
Without even having a dedicated sales or marketing department to speak of, this isn’t a market segment we want to mess with at the moment.
My main concern about Facebook Groups is that as far as I can tell they still don’t provide a good export path, which is deplorable.
This isn’t a slight on Discourse, but most people won’t and don’t care about it’s features, or how much “better” (functionally) it is than facebook groups.
They do care about better conversation, better quality of information, curation, status and so on. You need to embody and demonstrate those values before you even think about a list of features of Discourse.
Features can be the icing on the cake. But if you dont have the above, you’re hosed until you figure out that part. Once you do, then you can start to talk about some of the benefits of the platform that can add value to their experience in your community.
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Content is king. If you have great content, everything else follows. If you do not…
