Hi there, new user here. 2 of my favorite hobby subreddits don’t have communities on here yet. I am itching to make a full switch but would really miss those. How do I go about creating them so people have a place to move to?
Hi there, new user here. 2 of my favorite hobby subreddits don’t have communities on here yet. I am itching to make a full switch but would really miss those. How do I go about creating them so people have a place to move to?
You can, but I’ll caution you against doing so if at all possible. Try to find an existing smaller space to post within. Lemmy is not reddit in size. There is a very different potential for ultra niche communities here. Giving up on reddit is hard in that you likely have an emotional addiction on some abstract level. This is just like a breakup in that adjustment takes time. If you try to shape a new partner into the form of your last, things tend to end badly.
Most new niche communities here are more like blogs. It is a major uphill battle to create something that is self sustained and has others posting regularly. Unless you are very skilled at driving popularity, you will likely struggle.
However, you will likely find acceptance in a more general space. It is far better to start in a more general space and if you find the comradery, or your regular collective dominance with others becomes an issue, then branch from that base and start a new community.
I’m a nobody and no authority here. You do you. This is just what I have observed as successful versus the many that are not in the last 2 years.
Makes sense. I guess I can start off posting about my hobbies in places that are sort of related, even if it doesn’t quite fit entirely. Thanks for likely saving me some frustration.
And I’m ready for the Reddit breakup. I haven’t even received a warning or anything like that, but found out half of everything I ever did on there was shadow banned. I’m done giving that page my attention. Next step is removing all of my history so that my comments and posts that they deemed “wothy” don’t bring traffic to the site. If I can still be bothered after I’ll see how long it takes me to speed run a ban.
Yes, that’s usually the best approach. !jrpg@lemmy.zip is a community for all Japanese RPG, as separate communities for each wouldn’t be able to survive
Feel free to join !fedigrow@lemm.ee as well