Same here, I’m not an ‘OG’ - I only actually dedicated time to Bubble regularly from December 2022 and the only way I’ve gotten to where I am today is by 1. practice by doing 2. reading the forum 3. contributing to the forum to solve problems for others.
I do get a lot of users from the forum, but I don’t have a specific strategy to ‘must rank first on leaderboard every week!’. Any work I do get from the forum comes from the ‘How To Hire A Bubble Developer’ post, or any replies I’ve made directly to said user in the forum. That forum post is the single most valuable thing I’ve written here (for me)… I never post a link to my services in replies like many do, I just contribute a lot and contribute what I think is value → get likes. It’s just how it is.
That said, my most liked reply is this:
It is what it is. I don’t think anyone really competes for likes. There are definitely people who contribute solely for their agency (ehem, ‘we can certainly find that right developer for you on our developer marketplace!’ on every job post), but if they’re providing value, contributing constructively, and not shoving their services down people’s throats, how could you blame them and there isn’t really a problem with it.
This is another one. I tell Bubble when Bubble’s shit and when it’s not and that’s often in high visibility threads.
I only ‘like’ high-value posts, and I’m sure everyone else is the same. If something’s a waste of space it doesn’t get liked 