Just pushed some code to advertise the existence of this feed to people who are browsing the forum.

Yes. I'm supposed to be prepping for a podcast now, so don't have too much time to go into detail. I'll make a post about it later today or tomorrow though. But here's are a few observations and hypotheses I've had:

• forums discourage ppl from making multiple posts/day, as that gets seen as spammy and selfish, because there's limited real estate shared by everyone
• forum posts look heavyweight, so they discourage people from making short simple posts, which eliminates many types of discussions
• forums are harder to scan than feeds, as people simply scroll less
• feeds are tougher on spammers, because nobody follows spammers
• forums depend more on title copywriting skills, less on body content, which is unfortunate because most people are bad at copywriting
• people game upvoting on forums, less so on follower-based feeds
• targeting additional niches on forums requires launching new forums (e.g. sub-reddits) focused on those niches, otherwise there will be lots of "get off my lawn" complaints from ppl who don't like change; on follower-based feeds expanding to new niches requires no changes at all, as people simply follow who they want
• since ppl post less often on forums, there's a longer feedback loop, so people learn far more slowly how to make good posts
• forum posts are global, which intimidates many new users who are afraid to contribute
• most successful online forums are based on novelty (i.e. news or jokes); forums based on getting help as an entrepreneur don't have much novelty, so the same questions get asked again and again, which gets repetitive, which leads to churn. however, a follower-based model leads to less repetition, as people you follow won't post the same thing repeatedly. individual people have memory, but the forum as a whole doesn't.
• condensed and truncated posts in a feed incentivize people to get to the point faster/earlier in their posts, so there's less fluff
• individual people have memory but the forum as a whole doesn't. however, in a follower-based feed, people tend to follow the best posters by default, which is a strong incentive for the best people to participate. this opens up influencer marketing as a growth channel. it also makes the site more valuable, as within the realm of entrepreneurship, the most famous people are the most knowledgeable and helpful.

I could go on. Suffice it to say, I think this feed has the potential to surpass the forum in terms of usefulness. My strategy at this point largely depends on getting influencers to start using it over the next few months (which I think I can do by throwing lots of followers their way). Ideally the influencers post often, making the feed more useful for the rest of us, and in turn making it more useful for them. I also think creative use of hashtags + letting people follow hashtags like Instagram will be super cool.