Fedigrow

597 readers

1 users here now

To discuss how to grow and manage communities / magazines on Lemmy, Mbin, Piefed and Sublinks

founded 6 months ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

[Discussion thread] How are you all guys doing on your niche communities? (reddthat.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

96 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] AchtungDrempels 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Kinda happy how at the start of the season [email protected] got a bit of traffic. But i'm not all that hopeful really because the regular bicycling subs with way more subscribers have also very little traffic. I sometimes wonder if all that even makes sense here if it isn't about computers, memes or politics.

The camping, ultralight, outdoor communities are pretty much just dead.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Kinda happy how at the start of the season [email protected] got a bit of traffic. But i’m not all that hopeful really because the regular bicycling subs with way more subscribers have also very little traffic.

Nice that you got a bit of traffic. Maybe it stays low because people interesting in bicycle touring aren't that much on Reddit, without even mentioning Lemmy?

The camping, ultralight, outdoor communities are pretty much just dead.

Can you please provide links? Should they maybe try to consolidate at first, to get more activity in one place?

[–] AchtungDrempels 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah it is a niche activity, sure.

[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

Camping i think theoretically has some actual users, the solarpunkers seem to mostly repost stuff, not do or plan to do something. I don't think consolidation will do much.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Maybe try to redirect people from [email protected] to [email protected] ? Some subscribers might like to be told there is another active community

[–] AchtungDrempels 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

To be completely honest, i am a bit turned off how slrpnk's take on niche communities appears to be. They seem to care not much about the topic, but how and where communities are hosted. They don't link to the bicycle touring community because it's on .world, not to camping because it's on sh.itjust.works etc, as these instances (and many others) are "not part of the free world" and opressors. This is not how you grow the fediverse, i believe.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh, interesting, I didn't know. Seems a bit detrimental indeed

[–] AchtungDrempels 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It was this chat in the solarpunk travel community that made me go all homer simpson back into the hedge.

https://slrpnk.net/post/6493902

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Interesting, thanks.

Also, happy Lemmyversary

[–] AchtungDrempels 1 points 4 months ago

Oh it's my lemmyversary, thanks. Where's my cake i can't see it. Do you see a cake?