Trying to build critical mass for small communities
Trying to build critical mass for small communities
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2693464
Hi, I'm focusing on generating content for a few communities that I feel can be successful and have less content than I expected:
- !cassettefuturism@lemm.ee: a genre of retrofuturism based on the 70's and 80's (more info)
- !awwnverts@lemmy.world: cute invertebrates
- !weirdwheels@lemmy.world: weird vehicles (with wheels)
- !comicstrips@lemmy.world: self-explanatory
EDIT: I did not create any of those communities
I would encourage anyone to participate if you like those topics.
Do you know any other niche-but-not-too-niche communities in which we could focus efforts?
Please, don't post very long lists, I'm already subscribed to almost 300 communities and the idea is to focus on a few ones.Thanks!
EDIT: Added descriptions for each community.
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a few others and i are trying to get some of the imaginary network off the ground - the ones i'm particularly fond of are imaginary trains and imaginary dieselpunk, but there's a whole list in the sidebar
unfortunately a considerable chunk went down with lemmy.fmhy.ml, but i'm in contact with the guy behind them and he plans to reopen them soon
Posted one on each community, good luck!
thank you!
(also, i'm flattered that you think i look organised, i'm very new to this so i don't feel organised at all)
Note that I said: "you look a bit more organized than small subs", and that's not a very high bar, hehe :P.
More seriously, I thought you were related to reddit's Imaginary Network, which is huge and with some big power-users.
If that's not the case, then more props to you!
Note that I said: “you look a bit more organized than small subs”, and that’s not a very high bar, hehe :P.
oi! and i thought you were nice
More seriously, I thought you were related to reddit’s Imaginary Network, which is huge and with some big power-users.
nope, not at all. they're just the only subs i still follow by rss, and no-one else was making them here so i took up that mantle. and now i have 7 imaginary communities... and there are at least 2 more that i want to exist, so i'm hoping someone makes them soon
Then I will include them on my watchlist and will try to post at least from time to time.
As I said in other comments, thanks to all of you who create and moderate communities. For now, I'm just trying to generate content, which I know is the easier part.
Then I will include them on my watchlist and will try to post at least from time to time.
thank you, i do appreciate it
As I said in other comments, thanks to all of you who create and moderate communities. For now, I’m just trying to generate content, which I know is the easier part.
well i haven't actually had to do much moderating yet — i've mostly been balancing seeding some content without spamming the local feed; as well as discussing them on matrix, and sometimes promoting them on threads like this when i remember
Thank you for giving the Fediverse some of that Imaginary Network action I crave from Reddit. I tried asking them to move to Kbin and they aren't interested. You and @Martineski have been doing a fine job making quality posts and always citing your sources. I hope Martineski's Imaginary communities come back soon. I want to contribute more to ImaginarySliceOfLife here!
I'd offer my own @FloatingIsFun to join the Imaginary mix, but it wouldn't work because we accept floaty things that aren't fictional and aren't static images. Besides, with that Lemmy/Kbin bug making all my posts appear to come from two hours in the future, I feel like I've already gotten more exposure than I actually deserve.
actually i'm also going to reply to you here just to check my message went through, as i'm not sure if lemmy -> kbin messages work
Indeed, you're doing a great job, thanks for the efforts!
I've been seeing Imaginary Network's posts on my timeline. I thought about including them in the OP, but you look a bit more organized than the usual small subs, so I chose to focus on other parts.