How would you solve the cold-start problem for a niche gaming Q&A community?

I’m building LootQuery, a niche Q&A community focused on gaming problems, walkthrough questions, and technical fixes.

The platform is working, but I’m facing the classic cold-start problem: new visitors are less likely to contribute when there are only a limited number of active users and unanswered questions.

I’m currently considering:

• Publishing a small amount of high-quality foundational content
• Attracting contributors through search traffic
• Inviting knowledgeable gamers without spamming communities
• Prioritizing unanswered questions that already show search demand

For developers who have built community-driven products:

Would you focus first on content volume, a small group of expert contributors, or distribution?

How would you make an early-stage Q&A platform feel useful without artificially manufacturing activity?

Project: ⁠LootQuery