Vamp@lemmy.world to General Discussion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWe've grown an absolute shit ton of people the past day, insanely nuts to see how active World is.message-squaremessage-square363fedilinkarrow-up11.13Karrow-down128
arrow-up11.1Karrow-down1message-squareWe've grown an absolute shit ton of people the past day, insanely nuts to see how active World is.Vamp@lemmy.world to General Discussion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square363fedilink
minus-squareveroxii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoReddit 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.
minus-squarekostel_thecreed@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoOnly 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!
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.
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!