Why don't you just ask at AAK if it's okay to present your site instead of asking people of one community to guess the reaction of another community?
That's like asking the AntsCanada forums what r/ants might think of your project. I doubt that's going to create much helpful information for you.
The mods would ban me
Why should you get banned for trying to do something positive for the antkeeping community?
The only reason you'd get banned is if you'd constantly spam advertisements all over the place and in that regard it doesn't matter if it's a website, a youtube channel, an instagram profile or a meme - and even then you'd get several warnings before that.
The members would criticize and chastise me
I cannot speak for all of our members but really why should they? You're trying to do something positive and I have not seen you being toxic and trying to tear down projects of other people.
They may point out that you're not the only one who had such an idea and that there were several similar projects over the last years that failed (mostly because they didn't have a proper foundation to build upon or a plan that went beyond "get people to contribute") but that's just the facts. You'll have to convince people your project is worthy of their attention.
The members would be interested and ask questions
I think some folks would genuinely be interested but don't expect people climbing over each other to help you.
It is pretty difficult to get people involved and most antkeepers simply don't want or are unable to put in the effort required to get such a large and complicated project off the ground.
The thread would be generally ignored
There is always a possibility your project gets ignored - random people on the internet aren't obliged to aid you in your quest. You'll have to earn their support.
To a large degree this depends on how you present your project - a good presentation is absolutely crucial in gathering attention, interest and support - and to some degree it's just pure luck meeting the right people.
Make your project as accessible and the effort required for the "average user" to contribute as low as possible (no tech knowledge requirements, this should all be done by people who know their stuff, preferably before you present your project to a wider audience) and stick to the people that contribute the most as those are rare and far in between.
And the most important thing, make sure you have a good foundation - something to present. A raw idea or a blank sandbox rarely attracts people's attention.
They've seen to many of those fail despite good intentions.
You'll have to convince them that your project is different.
Edited by Serafine, July 8 2020 - 9:44 AM.
