Matt J.

nice yeah, we actually considered having a private channel that we'd bring into our internal slack so its good to know that's an option!

Joel P. yeah we have a separate Slack workspace that is paid. Andy C. yep makes sense and we even already have some of these concepts in the wild but I dont think we're doing a great job communicating them so I think its time to really get serious and official about these groups. Appreciation the validation on this - amazing!

This just about sums up the initial idea: https://x.com/aronkor/status/1987977723567014345?s=46

yeah for sure - I can see this benefiting a wide range of communities - would love to shape this up together!

even if we attempted to do the vetting and create this group, and do these things, I really don't want it to feel like Relume says these people will complete this job meeting all of my expectations (and then some) and will be absolute rockstars. It just feels like a liability to me - it feels like it could turn in the other direction very easily. But if there was some way for us to say "Hey, here are the minimum requirements that these Lumers have met, now you take it from here". 🤷‍♂️ We're early days to this idea so its not something we're looking to just flip on tomorrow.

Joel P. ah yeah its not necessarily partnering with us though right? Its basically them teaming up together to work on a single project or something like that. We've identified in our own experiences as a freelance web designer that if we can connect with 2-3 key partnerships, we can skyrocket our freelancing career into our own agency and beyond and so we're trying to facilitate that. But I do think your comment is valid in a way that there are other ways we could highlight people that we've personally interacted with - I get that question all the time "Hey I have this project, do you know anyone" and I'll tag people that I feel could be a good fit, but I have not gone through the same vetting as if it were my project, my money, my reputation on the line as an agency trying to build a website for a client - if that makes sense? The agency asking me this, still has to do their due diligence. Zach H. solid! I also don't think I realized you guys had an API....

j z. yeah occassionally the social media team will blast one out otherwise we used to have a monthly email blast that usually includes a new showcase item. Otherwise its a main nav item on relume.io and also we’ll occasionally link showcase sites to certain component preview pages.

Joel P. looking like 5-10 average per month. So nothing too crazy - room for improvement no doubt.

At the moment we have two levels - the #showcase channel which is open to all, and then our showcase on our website which is a submission into an airtable base and approved by Adam our co-founder. I’m trying to put a process around the showcase feature so its more clear to all what the criteria is. At the moment, no incentives but I could easily see that changing in the future.