Anyone know of any active alternative communities? eg goth, tattoo, punk etc.
Anyone know of any active alternative communities? eg goth, tattoo, punk etc.
All the ones I've found are dead or quiet.
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Found a few on lemmyverse, apologies if they aren't what you're looking for or you already knew about them. This isn't really my scene.
There may be more if you can come up with other terms to search for.
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Thanks so much! They're kinda quiet... maybe there just aren't enough alt people here yet
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Try talking in them anyway, maybe something general that you can crosspost to all of them at first. I had luck with talking into eternally silent Elite: Dangerous communities.
The beauty of a place without algorithmic feed is that things can surface way more easily.
Also, I wanted to use the Public API calculate a recent activity/users ratio to identify the silent communities that would be more worth interacting with.
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Anything that isn't in the current mainstream tends to be in short supply on Lemmy. People haven't gotten used to the idea that other people aren't already running those communities for them. I think they're still working up the bravery to be more active/figuring out the platform and if it's worth the effort.
As others suggested you could start some communities up yourself. Maybe another option is digging up some of the dead communities and making a post asking others if they're interested in taking them over? That's worked for a couple communities in the past.
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I'm defo alt. :)
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Definitely looking for the same.
I've seen some metal communities (mostly death- and black metal), but generally it's mostly just people posting links to songs, so not much discussion going on.
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!gothindustrial@lemmy.world just relaunched recently, previously it was only music-focused but now we welcome any related discussion. though we're still mostly just posting music links, lel.
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Ah heck... I already manage a community I'd start one if I didn't.
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Interesting, I kind of expected Lemmy to be the metal demographic
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Hey mate me and Alice are gonna start rejuvenating !gpral@hilariouschaos.com a whirl. Come join us!
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I've noticed it goes in phases:
- dormant community. maybe occasional posts.
- one person posting regularly. maybe they're a mod, maybe not. some upvotes, occasional discussion.
- 2-3 people posting regularly. others post occasionally. some upvotes, occasional discussion.
- several regular posters, several others post occasionally. regularly upvoted posts, frequent discussions
!gothindustrial@lemmy.world is currently in phase 3 but it was in phases 1 and 2 for a while. !cyberpunk@lemmy.zip is bouncing between phases 1 and 2. !thrashmetal@lemmy.world is in phase 3. Punk is interesting bc it has both !punk_rock@lemmy.ca and !punk@lemmy.world. Ideally they'd join forces on !punk_rock@lemmy.ca and then they'd be in phase 2 or 3. !metal@lemmy.world is pretty much at phase 4, tho it's sometimes lacking in discussions.
Anyway, I recommend picking one of those communities and posting/discussing, you don't have to be a mod to help grow them.
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Yep, the mod has to do a lot of work at the start which is hard.
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Well, I was saying you don't have to be a mod. If we look at examples beyond "alt" communities, !superbowl@lemmy.world 's main poster isn't a mod. Likewise, !bmoviebonanza@lemmy.world 's most frequent poster isn't a mod either.
It doesn't have to be hard work. Just pick a couple communities and start engaging at the level you're comfortable with.
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Unfortunatly no, but I'll keep an eye out for you!
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All the ones I've found are dead or quiet.
Be the change you want to see.
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