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😁 Join my community of technical writers and open source developers

A community of Developers by Developers!

We all can agree that being a part of a good community can lead to exponential growth.

I love the DEV community but interacting with others is still tough, so I've created a new community OpenSouls for technical writers, open source developers and content creators.

You can join here: dub.sh/opensouls

Yo! If you're still thinking, then let's change your mind.

opensouls


How a community is an ideal way to grow?

Community is where the real growth begins. 🔥

I've been part of great communities with less than 100 members and others being more than 1000 members.

I'm also a discord moderator in several others so I know how things work.

Do you have to reply to every message? No.
Do you have to read every message? No.
Do you have to share value? No.

If you do it genuinely, you can make close bonds (lifelong ones).
It's like free learning with others.

So, join a community, be there for someone, and rest assured, someone will be there for you too.


What can you do with some of the channels?

You can find the channel guide as soon as you join the community but let's see what all you can do!

💬・general-chat: the main channel to hang out, and discuss tech, content creation, technical writing, or any cool stuff you're working on.

 

📈・twitter-x-chat: to discuss content creation for Twitter. Share any good posts you find on Twitter.

 

📖・linkedin-chat: to discuss content creation for LinkedIn. Share any good posts you find on LinkedIn.

 

⁠🏆・your-achievements: share your cool achievements here, in terms of followers, views, stars, clients, or anything. Show the community what you're proud of!

 

🤝・open-source: share any open source projects, resources, or any cool stuff. You can even discuss growth strategy on how to grow in open source!

 

🔖・awesome-articles: share any awesome articles you have read or found.

 

✨・discord-feedback: give feedback on how to improve this server.

 

🌱・profile-feedback: ask for feedback on your profile, projects, docs, landing page, or any cool stuff you want. The community is here for you!

feedback forum

 

⚒・jobs-internships: post any opportunities you have or check the existing ones if you are seeking work.

jobs forum

 

🧠・hackathons: find team members and share about any cool hackathon you're participating in. Discuss projects and how to win them for real!

 

🔥・buildspace: to meet other builders participating in Nights and Weekends. Grow your ideas and gather feedback!

 

I will share all the awesome tweets, or posts from LinkedIn that I find interesting in the necessary channels, so I will make sure to keep it active.


Why are all the three domains together?

I do all of that stuff:

  • I am an open source developer.
  • I am a technical writer.
  • I am a content creator.

I simply want people like me to keep each other accountable and grow beyond!

Don't worry, it's with a proper structure so you can focus on what matters.


$40 for Lifetime Growth

I've received a lot of requests over the months with doubts and I always reply to them.

But we both can agree that nobody is almost serious!

If you want to be mentored by me on how to grow as a technical writer and open source developer. Then you can sponsor me on GitHub and you will get a private channel - it's like a lifetime growth.

To be frank, you don't have to do this because there will be lots of developers and writers you can learn from for free.

Read the complete details here on this notion document including how it works, expectations, and if it's worth the deal.


Need feedback

Okay, let me be frank. I'm very new to this.
Any tips on how to run a good community are appreciated.

Or any feedback in terms of structure, content, suggestions, or anything.

I've put a lot of thought into making this, and I've tried to keep it organized. Please click here to tweet about this community to spread the word.

ty for reading!

see you there :)

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The invite link is broken for me. :(

Can you fix it? I want to come back!

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Anmol Baranwal

It should work: dub.sh/opensouls

I've set it to never expire.

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Best Codes

Opera error

It turns out it was just my Cloudflare DNS blocking it. Strange.

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Anmol Baranwal

Cheers to building a great community 🥂

By the way, a huge shoutout to Chrissy (@cbid2) for joining it before the launch lol.

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Christine Belzie

Anytime @anmolbaranwal! 😊

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mahdi

I would love to help your community, But I wish you would start this community in Telegram!

Of course, this is just an opinion :)

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Anmol Baranwal

It's on Discord because I'm most active there and there are lots of reputable communities. Telegram doesn't seem professional and I rarely use it!

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mahdi

Why doesn't it look professional? Is there a problem?

Of course, I will be a member of your community in the future :)

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Antonio | CEO at Litlyx.com

Joined your community! I always love to contribute to open-source! So count me on that!
I hope this community can grow fast!

Antonio, CEO & Founder at Litlyx.com

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Jitendra Choudhary • Edited

I'm in

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Anmol Baranwal

Yay! Let's go :)