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[AskFinance] Which type of content would you like to see? (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 1 year ago by Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to c/personalfinance@lemmy.ml
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Hello everyone,

I would like to keep this community active, as it is probably a topic everyone is interested in.

However one of the main issues I have is that back on Reddit, most of the content was about people sharing personal stories/concerns with their financial situation. Not really something that easy to emulate as we have a much smaller group of people.

Is there any other type of content you would like to see? I sometimes feel like personal finance strategies are usually detailed well enough in the various wikis (we might want to copy Reddit's one at some point, but for the time being, I guess just go back there).

Should we orient it more like an open question community with things such as "what is the best change you made in your investment strategy?" "what do you always plurge on beyond reason?"

Feel free to share your opinion!

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[โ€“] bytor9@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think a community like this should have two goals:

  1. Be on the fairly cutting edge of personal finance topics like saavy tips for current credit cards, tax codes, retirement plans, and retail promotions that help people maximize their money and plan for futures.

  2. Maintain resources for basic financial literacy. IMO these are best done as sidebar items since they don't change much day to day, but they are critical for bringing in new members and frankly helping people since most schools don't do it.

I do think part of #2 is letting people ask dumb questions (What do I do now?), but only if their situation is not obviously covered in the sidebar. As sidebar grows, these should become less frequent.