>Why is it impossible for communities to emerge organically in 2024?
levels and blind sort of feels that way, but that's part of the issue:
1. these kinds of sites are a paradox in that you want employees to be anonymous but also verified. So you can't just spin up a site in a week and have valuable data
2. despite the comparisons, I'm sure both levels and blind were in fact vc funded. The models feels indie but it probably isn't. But they did their part for SEO and marketing and yadda yadda. So it got the eyeballs it needed before word of mouth set in
>Why does a Glassdoor alternative inherently need marketing?
to be frank, because most people don't try very hard to find the grassroots. They are lazy and will take the first thing that looks good on Google.
levels and blind sort of feels that way, but that's part of the issue:
1. these kinds of sites are a paradox in that you want employees to be anonymous but also verified. So you can't just spin up a site in a week and have valuable data
2. despite the comparisons, I'm sure both levels and blind were in fact vc funded. The models feels indie but it probably isn't. But they did their part for SEO and marketing and yadda yadda. So it got the eyeballs it needed before word of mouth set in
>Why does a Glassdoor alternative inherently need marketing?
to be frank, because most people don't try very hard to find the grassroots. They are lazy and will take the first thing that looks good on Google.