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While larger, more general communities are thriving on the Fediverse - I'm missing out on the niche communities

Gaming, news, tech, general literature. All of these are somewhat thriving, with a steady influx of posts and comments. At the same time, the userbase is sorely lacking for more niche communities. In my case it'd be stuff like poetry, yoga, religion, linguistics, meditation. Or many other communities I'd doubt they'd form a... #RedditMigration

https://kbin.social/m/RedditMigration/t/122599

While larger, more general communities are thriving on the Fediverse - I'm missing out on the niche communities - RedditMigration - kbin.social

Gaming, news, tech, general literature. All of these are somewhat thriving, with a steady influx of posts and comments. At the same time, the userbase is sorely lacking for more niche communities. In my case it'd be stuff like poetry, yoga, religion, linguistics, meditation. Or many other communities I'd doubt they'd form a...

exohuman Jul 1, 2023

It just takes time for these communities to form.

donuts Jul 1, 2023

On top of that, we can't expect communities to POOF into existence.

We have to be part of them to build them, which means making them if they don't exist yet as well as posting and commenting in the ones that do exist. I hope that people who are used to lurking on Reddit will go out of their comfort zone a bit and start to participate in fediverse communities so that we can build things up more quickly.

hariette Jul 2, 2023

Yup!

Hatchet Jul 1, 2023

Working on it! Right now, with this huge influx of new users, is a great time to create content that is very search engine friendly. In an effort to promote such content, I started the dance community here on kbin. Please join!

https://kbin.social/m/dance

Dance - kbin.social

Dance content: videos, music, routines, advice, etc.

xXGanondorfXx Jul 1, 2023

Thank you for starting a community! I hope it's a great experience ^^

dumples Jul 1, 2023

I've been pretty disappointed with the DnD community so far. So I've been trying to post a lot about the new playtest material in a magazine I want to grow. So far it's like 5 of posting often but I hope the engagement will bring more

ArtieShaw Jul 1, 2023

I think what you're doing so far is key. And it's really the hard part. The rest is just being a friendly place.

No one wants to be one of those 5 people howling into the void when something is getting started, but it needs to be done to demonstrate that people are willing to participate. You might also consider posting easy polls or open ended questions to invite engagement. (If you haven't)

minnieo Jul 1, 2023

this is my mindset. its gonna take some of us to kick things off. i do it in my mags where im the main one posting

drumdonuttea Jul 1, 2023

I noticed there didn't exist a niche community that I'm passionate about so... I created it! It's like any other new platform, it just takes time.

Twice - kbin.social

A magazine for Twice media, news, information, discussion, stanning, and fandom! No bigotry or hate please.

sadreality Jul 1, 2023

Chad approach on life

TriLevelSync Jul 1, 2023

I really want to take this attitude but I just don’t have time to become a moderator.

drumdonuttea Jul 1, 2023

Yeah that is understandable.

aebrer Jul 1, 2023

Interested in generative art? (Meaning art created computationally, not really AI art but art created using code)

If so all are welcome to join our feldgling niche community at kbin.social/m/genart

minnieo Jul 1, 2023

there's tons of niche mags around, but when i go to them, no one is participating. we have to help grow them if we want them to thrive. i try to post in them if I see they are empty. we cant expect them to magically appear and grow, we must be proactive

victron Jul 1, 2023

Bro, the booming is still under way, be patient.

EnglishMobster Jul 1, 2023

I created a place for model trains: @modeltrains / [email protected] (on Lemmy, if that link doesn't work you should use the search button by your username to look up https://kbin.social/m/modeltrains).