• cryshlee@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    What kinds of posts do you comment on? I’m finding it a bit difficult to find always active communities and discussions, which is the only thing preventing me from commenting as much as I used to with Apollo. Things like tipofmytongue, cringe, IsitBullshit, and outoftheloop along with movie and tv discussions were my frequent haunts, particularly when I can’t sleep at night, but sadly I’m not finding the same amount of engagement here. Hopefully as we grow we can find that same level of engagement.

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      1 year ago

      Reddit had so many users that hyper specialisation was possible.

      There was a subreddit for every tv show. And people are coming here expecting the same. I think we’ll see similar content but a bit less niche.

      For instance instead of a community for every tv show it might be better to just post about any tv show in /c/television

      I used to follow /r/pizza but I’ve seen tons of home made pizza photos in /c/foodporn

      For most niche topics you can probably think of a more general community which will help drive content and critical mass.

      • kostel_thecreed@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        Only way to grow these communities with niche topics is to interact with them yourself. If you want c/pizza to grow, post content and interact in it!

        • Botree@lemmy.world
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          I only ever posted like 3 times in the last 10 years on Reddit, but I realized that in order to see this community grow I’ll probably have to step up and start posting stuff too like what others have been doing for me.

    • kostel_thecreed@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      I’m just going on r/all (idk what the Lemmy term is called) and sort by new. Whatever I see that interests me, like news about the world or a photo I find looks good. For now I’m just talking in whatever I find because I want to increase engagement overall. Later, when my niche communities become big enough to the point I don’t need to constantly talk, I’ll probably relax on my engagement.

      • MusketeerX
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        1 year ago

        Yep, same approach I’m taking.

        For now browsing all is a good starting point. If I come across an interesting community while doing that, then I’ll add it to my subscriptions.

        As things grow, I’ll switch more to browsing my subscribed communities.

    • jennwiththesea@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I gotta permabanned a few months ago from r tip of my tongue because I gave an answer that the OP eventually edited into their comment to say “no” to. Fuck whichever mod did that. I really hope we get a good version or ten or that community here. I really enjoyed it back in the day. Something changed in the last couple years.