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Rottcodd@lemmy.world 7 months ago
And like virtually every one of the similar complaints, this comes from someone who isn’t otherwise active, so basically boils down to “I’ve noticed that other people aren’t providing me with enough content. What can we do to get other people to provide me with more content?”
If you want to get more activity in niche communities, POST! And not just once - do it again and again, day in and day out.
The communities that you appreciate didn’t just spring into being - they grew, over time, because people did exactly that.
Yea some of the communities I’m helping with just didn’t exist before we spun them up in the past few months. They’re fairly niche
There are other niche communities that I’m curious about and would like to see more from, but I don’t have experience in those areas to know what’s interesting/ relevant. I post what I can, but there are probably others that can do it better
I agree with this. And with the OP. And I haven’t even read their whole post, making this even more legit in a way. Post!
Is this the new version of “the lurkers support me in email”?
I agree with you. That’s why I make an effort to at least leave a comment every time I use the app.
Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Doesn’t work. If you post to a dead community it’s still dead. I see my single comment on the all feed. I think a lot like myself find going to reddit more and more. Duplicate posts by a bot or something. Really weird sexual communities and not much else
otter@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
I agree there is more discussion on Reddit
Some of the Lemmy communities need some promo too. Maybe the few people subscribed don’t use those accounts anymore
Over time as you post more stuff, people subscribe from ALL or from the crossposted communities. You can also promote the community by talking about it in tangently related posts, or !communityPromo@lemmy.ca type places
Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Which makes sense until they go to the community and it’s dead. So then they don’t interact. There’s 3 valheim subs. Each has ,20+ members. There’s no activity. I was trying post updates but it wouldn’t let me.
CoderKat@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Yeah. I don’t know what these “just post” types think it’s like. I tried making some relatively niche posts early on, trying to spark discussion in communities for some games I was playing. Got a single digit number of comments at most. Sometimes none. Small communities don’t get seen and niche posts in bigger communities are less likely to get votes.
Some folks here don’t seem to want to hear it because they badly want Lemmy to be better (and I kinda get that), but where niche communities are concerned, Reddit is unfortunately better.
Also, the “jUsT PoSt” replies are acting like everyone wants to post. Not everyone does and we shouldn’t be acting like they’re idiots because they don’t want to be the one to make the posts. It’s perfectly valid to want to read other people’s posts. There’s also some stuff you just can’t post and expect it to work. Eg, I read episode discussions on Reddit. Those can really only take off if you post them immediately when the episode airs. It feels like only Star Trek has those here. For every other show, I just go back to Reddit.
Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Posting in a vacuum is pretty pointless. We need engagement but we need the posts for that. I’ll leave a comment but I’m far superior at replying to comments than I am at starting discussions.
And as to said. After you’ve wasted time curating a few comments and getting nothing back. You’ll just stop.