its obvious that things more people like, i.e. memes and whatnot, will grow faster and take a larger spot on any platform. that is normal and unavoidable.

small communities are small and hinge on people staying active in them, which they often stop being when everything is said and done. they dont regenerate as much as say, a meme community which has high visibility and low barrier of entreance.

i’d love to hear what niche communities you actually mean, i always find it sus when people make a reasonable sounding point, then move on to ‘unpopular opinions get downvotes’ and are afraid to actually name what kind of unpopular opinions they mean. meme and shitposting growing and vague unpopular opinions being unpopular ultimately aren’t related.