Why do most communities have at least 3k subs?

https://lemmy.world/post/1915825

Why do most communities have at least 3k subs? - Lemmy.world

It seems like most empty communities have 3k subs. This makes it much harder to find active communities.

What app you’re using is glitching. Evil_toastsupport doesn’t have 3k subscribers (it has 24)
This is a Memmy bug.
Makes sense, found the issue github.com/Memmy-App/memmy/issues/756
Incorrect Community Subscriber Count · Issue #756 · Memmy-App/memmy

As I was on c/weirdwheels I realised that I had 4,000 subscribers, I thought that was odd as I only had 1,000 a couple of days ago so I looked into it. Turns out the subscriber count is broken. Bel...

GitHub
Looks like the place to go. Unless I’ve managed to get confused I think all the .ml instances are offline just now.
It would be great if it did though…
Try branching out into other topics besides tech support maybe?
What like other support communities? I cannot find which is the most active emotional support community?!
not sure why that person commented so snarkily. I use this community but also [email protected] for memmy app shenanigans.