I need to consooooom
Give it a break lad.
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gxgx55@lemmy.world 10 months ago
My problem with Lemmy is the lack of activity in niche communities. You’re right that there needs to be a critical mass and arguably Lemmy has it, but only for the most mainstream, generic type of content. It doesn’t have the mass to sustain any sort of niche, outside of maybe tech related topics because of the way the userbase is slanted.
I find myself going back there often because of that, but I hope that the userbase for generic content enough to sustain and grow, from where more active niche communities can spring up.
pyromaniac_donkey@lemmy.world 10 months ago
YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I run one of that niche communities and right now things are quiet, but I’ll keep at it and grow it over the next few years.
Tudou@feddit.uk 10 months ago
Someone the other day referred to posting in niche communities as shouting into the void currently, which I thought was apt.
kungfuratte@feddit.de 10 months ago
I think things could get a lot more interesting if other software that is more like classic bulletin boards and forums would implement ActivityPub. I mean, such online forums are still able to thrive in their respective niches. If such forums would become compatible with Lemmy, Kbin or Friendica, it could bring a whole new dynamic to this part of the Fediverse. At the same time, it would help these niche forums get more attention (even though I’m not sure if all or even most of them are interested in that).
whois@lemmy.today 10 months ago
When I first looked into Lemmy, which was probably well over a year ago at this point, I saw that they had an alternative front end called LemmyBB which resembles the older style phpBB boards of the late 90s and early 00s. It looks like the demo instance is offline now, and it wasn’t federating to begin with, but it certainly looks like an interesting use of the tech.
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