• Blaze (he/him)@piefed.zip
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    2 days ago

    Not really, if they went abandoned it’s probably because they were too niche. Very niche communities should generally try to join a more generic community to avoid over reliance on a single poster.

    [email protected] for people wanting to grow communities.

    • pugnaciousfarter@literature.cafeOP
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      Hmmm so the only way to grow is to post on other social media platforms about fediverse?

      Very niche communities should generally try to join a more generic community

      Yeah, not a bad idea.

    • Ⓜ3️⃣3️⃣ 🌌@lemmy.zip
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      Very true, and at the same time it shows the power of algorithms on mainstream platforms.

      I created a couple of Lemmy communities because I wanted an alternative to Reddit’s pretty popular ones. And without crowd management, ads, paid keywords on google and algorithms nothing actually hint people from the fediverse there.

      Only a voluntary research on Lemmy shows the communities efficiently. That’s a pretty steep first step to get to niche communities.