I've noticed that things have really taken a turn for the worse in the last few years. I used to have a decent following on Reddit where I’d often help out, comment, and even share a lot of open-source code. But it all changed when someone started falsely reporting my work as a scam. It got so bad that I ended up getting banned. There was even this one person accusing me of stealing money from accounts with my code, and I was like, "It's open source! How could I even do that?" But they didn’t care or just didn’t get it. First, I got a three-day suspension, and then, just like that—banned for no reason.
The crypto world is crawling with scammers, unfortunately. But I’ve been writing, designing, and running trading algorithms for over a decade now, and I still open-source some of my work on GitHub. The frustrating part is that I don’t really have much of a community to connect with anymore.
The thing is, trading algorithms are highly specialized. They take time to develop and fine-tune. But most people just want quick fixes, fast answers, and hope to make billions overnight. Tensions are high when people lose a lot, especially when they're overleveraged. For me, though, it's always been about the challenge and the fun of it.
I’ve managed to find a few people I chat with on a personal level, but in terms of a real community? Not so much. When you mention an "advanced community," what exactly do you mean? If you're already a trader and have a solid understanding, you might want to try checking out r/quant.