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Lemmy Active Users looking good (discuss.tchncs.de)
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[–] 18 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Hopefully all the communities I follow on Reddit move here so I don't have to use that site.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    There might be a significant number of users here waiting for everyone else to switch over to lemmy. If you start a niche community, it's a little easier for someone else to be like "It's kind of empty, but it exists on lemmy too." What you need is a critical mass of people. It usually takes time and effort to reach that, and someone must be first.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I think the problem is that theres a lot of niche communities created for an exodus from Reddit that didnt really happen.

    If you search for a certain community and find that yeah it exists but nobody has posted there in 6 months...

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It didn't happen in one big exodus, no. But maybe in the future someone will find those old posts and decide to make a new post instead of just concluding there's nothing and not doing anything.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    I do wonder if its a help or a hinderance though.

    If someone wanted to start a community they might actually do something to generate interest, nobody wants to put the effort in to build up a community that the mod can just ban them from or they look and go "Its not that theres nothing, theres just no interest."

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    If you search for a certain community and find that yeah it exists but nobody has posted there in 6 months...

    I've come across this multiple times, and have had (or seen) some success with the following:

    • Start posting to the dormant community. There are usually still some people subscribed, so you'll get a few upvotes.
    • Reach out to the moderators. If they don't respond, reach out to the instance administrators to request the community.
    • After a few weeks of posting regularly, promote the community in !newcommunities@lemmy.world, and any related communities with more subscribers.

    I think the "if you build it they will come" adage applies quite well here.

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