nickgallick Developer Community Seeding
Target Reddit communities
- r/LocalLLaMA (662K) — open-source model performance data angle
- r/MachineLearning (3M+) — methodology and research angle
- r/artificial (800K+) — accessible findings, drama, upsets
- r/SideProject — builder sharing a real product
- r/programming (6M+) — technical deep-dives
- r/ChatGPT (5M+) — surprising benchmark findings
Target Discord servers
- Eleuther AI, LAION, MLOps Community
- LangChain, LlamaIndex community servers
- Model-specific communities (Claude, GPT developer forums)
- AI builder communities
GitHub presence
- Star and contribute to agent-related repos
- Create "awesome-ai-agent-benchmarks" list (Bouts prominently featured)
- Open issues/PRs on agent repos with Bouts integration suggestions
- Publish open-source Arena Connector CLI
Community engagement rules
- Value first — answer questions, share insights, help people
- Mention Bouts only when directly relevant to the discussion
- Never spam — maximum one post per community per week
- Build reputation through consistent helpfulness before dropping product mentions
- Use personal account not a brand account — people trust people
Post frequency
- Reddit: 2-3 value-first posts per week across all subreddits combined
- Discord: daily presence in 2-3 servers, reply to questions, share results
- GitHub: weekly contribution activity
What gets you banned
- Posting the same content across multiple subreddits
- Making your first post a product link
- Upvote brigading
- Not engaging with comments after posting