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Ask HN: How to build a community like digitalocean?

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Take a look at https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials

I want to build a similar community filled with tutorials and a forum.

I'm not too happy with uservoice or groovehq, are there any other alternatives?

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atian
Edit: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials Clickable because I was to remind myself of the community that DO had but had to highlight copy and paste.

DigitalOcean pays writers.

1. Have happy customers who _believe_ and have passion in what you're doing.

2. Possibly pay them to provide encouragement.

The number 1 point is crucial.

curiously
im looking for a software for open source app that will let me build a similar looking community.

I agree with your points tho, happy users and incentivize them.

andrewsomething
We built the DO community site from scratch as there was nothing else out there that offered the tight integration we wanted between presenting content and offering a place to ask questions and discuss. Even though it didn't meet all of our requirements, we're big fans of Discourse. It's a great platform for hosting discussions.

If you're looking for something that follows the Q&A model, there are quite a few StackOverflow inspired sites out there:

http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2267/stack-exchange-...