Are you promoting them?
Not really, I should start doing that but was hoping that people fleeing reddit would search for them.
Where would you promote communities for Lemmy? I dont wanna be the annoying poster posting on other communities that have nothing to do with the game my community is about; which is Dark Souls 3
Also, all the dark souls related communities I could find were pretty much dead looking too and I already posted about it in one of them and I think that’s still the most recent post about 3 weeks ago
Well… With this meaningful comment, I’m doing my part.
A good amount of the content posted to reddit was a small number of power users, and the reason you see certain communities show up more than others on lemmy is because of those power users.
Don’t be afraid to be that for your communities, even if you are the only one posting for awhile. The biggest discouragement to activity in a community is seeing the latest post is weeks to months old, and you wondering if there is anyone actually here.
The biggest problem for me is trying to make original content but I guess reddit also started with reposts from other social networks…
I’m just reposting local news stories to my local community. It ain’t much, but it’s something.
Seriously man. I’m trying to power user like 4 porn communities right now and recycling content is where to start. I just need someone to take up the banner for that non porn stuff like gaming and gaming circle jerk and it’ll feel like home! You can even reuse memes about Todd Howard for those! I’ll keep trying to keep people coming 😉 with the porn! You get em to stay in the refractory period!
And my biggest problem here is that my community is a place to post trade requests for items in a game and well, I don’t need anything and I’ve already posted that I’ll answer requests for free
I also did a post mentioning the lurkers but also pointing out that they could just be people wanting to help fulfil requests too and 1 person commented saying they were and idk about the other (currently) 13 people :)
Don’t forget, the best way to get accurate information and stimulate discourse is to post horribly wrong information.
Wait… is this comment accurate information or horribly wrong information? 🤔
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