You often have to seed a social site in order for it to be compelling for people to consume. Once they're hooked, then they start submitting.
As long as the quality is good, I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing.
As long as the quality is good, I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing.
No-one's attracted to a forum filled with void. All you need is a few carefully constructed, interesting personas as a nucleus to kickstart, then gradually remove them once the community has formed around them and becomes self-sustaining.