Seems, I need a coder

[ExSitu]

Would love to proceed on a very important subject here. Some quotes from private conversations with folks are here:

'Hello, good man.
Need to talk a specific subject with you. A need of advice.
Do you know someone, who can code?
I thought, it's possible to develop an online media to gather many, very many C. plant folks on it.
IG, forums, et cetera, many of them have some strange rules of 'em to be ruled by.
An example, there is a thread, where folks share info on seedsbanks and their experiences of them. Good, bad, legit or not, prices, service, everything...
You can post something useful and helpful about side banks, but they, admins, will banned you even for it... Unbelievable, but true.
How to use such forums for good, to interact with others, to be a member of 'em, I can't understand anymore, lol.
Your thoughts?'

good man replied:
'I agree that there needs to be a more comprehensive Internet meeting place for cannabis growers to collaborate and share their experiences. Right now I sometimes visit a couple of the Internet cannabis diary sites like growdiaries.com or even the less detailed diaries at 420magazine.com. But they both lack in the way they are set up. It would be nice to have a competing central location on the Internet where serious indoor and outdoor growers can connect as a collective. Informational bulletin boards, pictorial and grow data journals, info on all the paraphernalia growers need indoors and out, legal seed venders, maybe even grow contests for prizes and different incentives to keep people engaged.
I've liked the idea of that kind of Internet site for some time now, but little is available. I've thought about launching something on my own, but I'm not a skilled coder. I can write and have done business copywriting in the past -- but I'm not really a Web technician.
If you ever need someone to help you write good copy for a website like that, I can help. Code is just not my thing.
To be honest with you, I am kind of dissatisfied in general over what's available on the Internet for serious cannabis growers. In my honest opinion, there is far too much crazy misinformation swirling around out there. Lies heaped on more lies with a side of lies as an aperitif. Mostly to promote greedy and often illegitimate marketing campaigns from people out trying to make a few quick bits. A lot of junk information in need of a damn good renal cleansing, I feel.
That's about all the input on that subject I have on this end.'

 

[UncleB]

Any ideas @Desert Rose ????

 

[ExSitu]

@BlackBart, can you recommend one?..

 

[ExSitu]

Another one good man replied:
'Nice start! For some, having an online presence is still a great concern, due to unjust laws. I would love to see a platform where members feel safe, trade genetics, and take growing this herb to the next level! I learned almost everything from Overgrow & would like to see a version even better than it someday.'

 

[Hitch]

Another one good man replied:
'Nice start! For some, having an online presence is still a great concern, due to unjust laws. I would love to see a platform where members feel safe, trade genetics, and take growing this herb to the next level! I learned almost everything from Overgrow & would like to see a version even better than it someday.'

Kind of sounds like this place.

 

[spyralout]

Maybe I’m missing something here but have you read through what we have here at pH? We’re definitely not perfect but we’re just about everything you’ve described that you’re looking for and then some. We even go beyond cannabis by sharing life experiences and helping others in need. Ask any of our members and I’m willing to bet they’d agree.

 

[Willie]

Maybe I’m missing something here but have you read through what we have here at pH? We’re definitely not perfect but we’re just about everything you’ve described that you’re looking for and then some. We even go beyond cannabis by sharing life experiences and helping others in need. Ask any of our members and I’m willing to bet they’d agree.

I'm missing it too..........

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[Willie]

Would love to proceed on a very important subject here. Some quotes from private conversations with folks are here:

'Hello, good man.
Need to talk a specific subject with you. A need of advice.
Do you know someone, who can code?
I thought, it's possible to develop an online media to gather many, very many C. plant folks on it.
IG, forums, et cetera, many of them have some strange rules of 'em to be ruled by.
An example, there is a thread, where folks share info on seedsbanks and their experiences of them. Good, bad, legit or not, prices, service, everything...
You can post something useful and helpful about side banks, but they, admins, will banned you even for it... Unbelievable, but true.
How to use such forums for good, to interact with others, to be a member of 'em, I can't understand anymore, lol.
Your thoughts?'

good man replied:
'I agree that there needs to be a more comprehensive Internet meeting place for cannabis growers to collaborate and share their experiences. Right now I sometimes visit a couple of the Internet cannabis diary sites like growdiaries.com or even the less detailed diaries at 420magazine.com. But they both lack in the way they are set up. It would be nice to have a competing central location on the Internet where serious indoor and outdoor growers can connect as a collective. Informational bulletin boards, pictorial and grow data journals, info on all the paraphernalia growers need indoors and out, legal seed venders, maybe even grow contests for prizes and different incentives to keep people engaged.
I've liked the idea of that kind of Internet site for some time now, but little is available. I've thought about launching something on my own, but I'm not a skilled coder. I can write and have done business copywriting in the past -- but I'm not really a Web technician.
If you ever need someone to help you write good copy for a website like that, I can help. Code is just not my thing.
To be honest with you, I am kind of dissatisfied in general over what's available on the Internet for serious cannabis growers. In my honest opinion, there is far too much crazy misinformation swirling around out there. Lies heaped on more lies with a side of lies as an aperitif. Mostly to promote greedy and often illegitimate marketing campaigns from people out trying to make a few quick bits. A lot of junk information in need of a damn good renal cleansing, I feel.
That's about all the input on that subject I have on this end.'

Can you repost this in some way comprehensible? What are you looking for?

 

[ExSitu]

Kind of sounds like this place.

What are you looking for?

Hitch, yesterday, I found out, that PhH is way all great in every aspect. No doubt.
Willie, am looking for someone, who could develop a Thing, something like an experience of those best technical and visual characteristics of IG + kushlounge.com App + cannabuzz.app as one. Something like that...

 

[Willie]

Hitch, yesterday, I found out, that PhH is way all great in every aspect. No doubt.
Willie, am looking for someone, who could develop a Thing, something like an experience of those best technical and visual characteristics of IG + kushlounge.com App + cannabuzz.app as one. Something like that...

Got it.....I can't help but there are folks with skillz here that may be able to point you in the right direction.

 

[MtRainDog]

Would love to proceed on a very important subject here. Some quotes from private conversations with folks are here:

'Hello, good man.
Need to talk a specific subject with you. A need of advice.
Do you know someone, who can code?
I thought, it's possible to develop an online media to gather many, very many C. plant folks on it.
IG, forums, et cetera, many of them have some strange rules of 'em to be ruled by.
An example, there is a thread, where folks share info on seedsbanks and their experiences of them. Good, bad, legit or not, prices, service, everything...
You can post something useful and helpful about side banks, but they, admins, will banned you even for it... Unbelievable, but true.
How to use such forums for good, to interact with others, to be a member of 'em, I can't understand anymore, lol.
Your thoughts?'

good man replied:
'I agree that there needs to be a more comprehensive Internet meeting place for cannabis growers to collaborate and share their experiences. Right now I sometimes visit a couple of the Internet cannabis diary sites like growdiaries.com or even the less detailed diaries at 420magazine.com. But they both lack in the way they are set up. It would be nice to have a competing central location on the Internet where serious indoor and outdoor growers can connect as a collective. Informational bulletin boards, pictorial and grow data journals, info on all the paraphernalia growers need indoors and out, legal seed venders, maybe even grow contests for prizes and different incentives to keep people engaged.
I've liked the idea of that kind of Internet site for some time now, but little is available. I've thought about launching something on my own, but I'm not a skilled coder. I can write and have done business copywriting in the past -- but I'm not really a Web technician.
If you ever need someone to help you write good copy for a website like that, I can help. Code is just not my thing.
To be honest with you, I am kind of dissatisfied in general over what's available on the Internet for serious cannabis growers. In my honest opinion, there is far too much crazy misinformation swirling around out there. Lies heaped on more lies with a side of lies as an aperitif. Mostly to promote greedy and often illegitimate marketing campaigns from people out trying to make a few quick bits. A lot of junk information in need of a damn good renal cleansing, I feel.
That's about all the input on that subject I have on this end.'

I am a software engineer with over 20 years of experience in the field. Deciphering what clients want is a big part of the job. But for the life of me, I have no idea what he’s asking for. Something like IG and kushlounge.com? Kushlounge lools like an incomplete website someone created using Wix in 5 minutes. IG is IG and developed by FB, so the likelihood of a small group developing anything close to that is just a pipe dream my man.

 

[Frimpong]

I am a software engineer with over 20 years of experience in the field. Deciphering what clients want is a big part of the job. But for the life of me, I have no idea what he’s asking for. Something like IG and kushlounge.com? Kushlounge lools like an incomplete website someone created using Wix in 5 minutes. IG is IG and developed by FB, so the likelihood of a small group developing anything close to that is just a pipe dream my man.

? @exsitu u have found your place , its here ? Glad u could shed light @MtRainDog I was lost lol

 

[MtRainDog]

Exactly like everyone said here, this place is the community "vibe" you're looking for. As for taking the best technical & visual aspects of something like IG, it's of course possible. Scammers make legit looking websites all the time.

But the difference in scale when you're talking about the # of concurrent users FB or IG has, it's in another realm. So let's assume your initial user base is quite a bit smaller.

Take the best visual aspects? Sure, that's easy enough for a Web UI guy (which I am not).

Now, get people to use your shiny new platform... do you advertise on FB? IG? Reddit? Utilize the very platforms you want to copy from, to get people to move away from those platforms, to use your copy cat version of those platforms. This is where you'll need to hire a marketing specialist.

It's a hard sell to get a breeder who posts all over IG to move to your platform. Why? Because IG has a billion users that have easy access to billions of other posts at lightning speed. Why would they move to your platform that 0 people use? The real "value" that FB or IG has is in the sheer number of their registered and active users.

 

[jaguarlax]

I think its worthwhile to state that in the current cannabis climate, there is very little money in Cannabis platforms like this. I am quite sure most of us have at least thought about some iteration of "Instagram, but for Weed" at one point or another. The trouble is, the reach. Google, yahoo, bing, all suppress cannabis content making it near impossible to grow a brand, without the help of a few million users that only FB (Meta) and/or IG have.. Until the gatekeepers (i.e Google) allow Cannabis traffic to be paid out like any other campaign, theres not much value in generating traffic unless you are selling a product. Even if you were successful at finding a developer, do you think any social media company would let it survive if it gained enough momentum to become a threat? My guess is no.

Lets say you did find one, and created something similar to IG... Why would I switch? What would be my incentive as a grower trying to build a brand? I for one cannot stand social media, but I still maintain an account there because I see it as a useful tool due to the size of the audience. I think this is the issue Cannabuzz is running into now. They used IG to promote their platform, but cannot get users to stay, because members keep going back to IG.

I can tell you one thing for sure. Coming over to a cannabis platform, and advertising you want to build another competing platform is, well, kind of strange.

 

[Capt's Farm]

Hum
If it was worth the money and effort

The Big Boy's would Allready be Making Cash on it..

But the Fed's
You know the guy's that don't like to share the Real Money
Says
We can All still go to jail ....

So you're Never going to get anything better, Until it's legal.....

 

[MtRainDog]

The more I think about it, the more I realize this place is perfect for the task. Anyone that wants to blow up something to Facebook status levels is just trying to come up with a get rich scheme. Especially when they're not bringing anything to the table. Only some big idea. This way of thinking pervades today's youth. I call them vulture entrepreneurs. How many people bought doge coin after it was big news?

Forums like this are perfect, because there's a certain amount of flying under the radar that is necessary. Giant companies like Facebook work with law enforcement, are involved in Supreme Court hearings, and Congressional inquiries as part of their daily routine. The local law enforcement in my area focuses a great deal on social media platforms, especially those like Tik Tok because that's where the kids are. Every once in a while there's a local news story about something a kid said or did on one of these platforms that gains a lot of attention.

A forum is a bulletin board type website. It doesn't need to become super-sized. Forums are for more specialized areas of interest, and smaller collections of like minded individuals. With the laws in this country and around the world being the way they are, there's a certain level of trust and respect among members that has to exist in order to share genetics and invite people in to your garden. How much do you trust other people (besides your closest friends) on those giant social networks?

 

[manthatreeks]

Keep Tahoe Blue

Keep pH low key

 

[BH]

this is why I’m not on Facebook or any social network . The owners of those sites and their intentions arent the growers level. All about the cash and won’t give a damn to give you up if feds want ya

 

[ExSitu]

The more I think about it, the more I realize this place is perfect for the task.

MtRainDog, thank you for all details on every aspect, that you noticed in your posts above. To shed some bright light on 'em, d. & a., here... ...it was important to stop plant's people of IG to dream about such things in their publicly conversations... 'Don't waste your precious time, guys...' Here, now it became a real discussion on the subject, that many tried to begin on IG, year by year, but as many already could see that... ...none of those passionate starters reached their goals. Really, it was an actual subject to talk with others on IG, to talk an impossibility of it, an unneed of it, but format of that social media didn't allow to do it right. Only can hope, that IGers will read this thread someday and let their pipe dreams leave them forever. Again, it was very important to talk this subject in a scrupulous manner somewhere on the web. Great, it's possible @ PhH forums. And, if someone can spread the word of it on IG, please, do that, because we could work it out for real, not wasting others' time.

 

[ExSitu]

Coming over to a cannabis platform, and advertising you want to build another competing platform is, well, kind of strange.

The only intention of mine was to make some buzz on sharing thoughts and ideas, talking that actual subject, that some IGers pushed publicly from time to time. It was the only reason to do it, for example, here, to tell 'em, dreamers: 'Please, leave your chronophage-like ideas and don't bother people.' Et mundus transit et concupiscentia eius qui autem facit voluntatem Dei manet in aeternum.