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I've been trying to grow the lemmy.world/c/hardware over past 2 months. The lemmy.ml version of this instance has for more subs, but has relatively low activity considering their size.
I decided to start a new community because I am not ok with the management behind lemmy.ml (I have very good reasons for this).
So far, sub growth has been going ok, but it's mostly me posting, although comment engagements are decent.
That being said, this is not a niche topic.
I really wish that we stop creating/promoting communities on LW. It's just too much happening at one single place. I feel discouraged to participate in any nascent communities there.
There is also [email protected] , which has been inactive but I am expecting to start seeing more activity once more people start migrating through Fediverser. If you want to try it over there I'd gladly make you a mod, and could help you with new posts.
I feel you regarding making LW too big (when I first joined Lemmy, I didn't really get the relationship between different instances), but I've put in a lot of effort in [email protected] to switch.
Happy to crosspost to any more specialized communities in other instances (there tends to be a lot of news about tech hardware about different topics every day).
This is a textbook example of the sunk-cost fallacy.
Don't worry about "wasted effort". That's in the past. It would be better to look forward and see the potential growth that can be had if we work together.
Happy to help with new initiatives.
I can post/crosspost monitor related to content to a new monitors community not on LW. LW has one, but it's dead ([email protected]).
I only post some of the relevant content to [email protected], so it won't only be crossposts.
If someone wants to take the lead with on a new non-LW community, I can mod and occasionally post content (there is usually something new every few days).
Hit me up if anything.
If hardware is your thing, there is a whole instance for you at https://hardware.watch/communities. :)
I may consider opening a monitor-focused community at some point in the future.
Cheers!
Hello,
A bit late the the discussion, but I've been in your situation with [email protected]. I had put a lot of effort into growing it, but at the same time I really wanted to move it away from LW.
At some point I thought that it was enough. We created a thread to discuss with the community, explained them the reasons (the post is still pinned there if you want to have a look). We announced a day when the LW community would be locked, and activity would happen in the new community.
Transition has been smooth, people appreciated that we asked for their feedback, and that the process was clear and defined.
Maybe lemmy.zip could be an instance where you could move your community? They are very transparent on their administration, and always quick with updates.
There is [email protected] who got started recently, maybe you can help there?
Cheers! Will crosspost Linux hardware topics, they do come up somewhat regularly.