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Driving Engagement? (self.flashlight)
submitted 1 year ago by DinDjarin to c/flashlight
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Hello Everyone!

I am still enjoying Lemmy and think it is a great place to be! However, this place seems to be low on any content. I understand that we only have around 2.2k people and that is to be expected.

Do you guys have any ideas for driving engagement here and sharing more of what we are doing and what we are looking to get or recently got? I try to share some lights and post every now and again, but I don't want to make like 5 posts a day.

Do you think we should have a BST thread like on Reddit? Perhaps some weekly discussion thread with projects we are doing or maybe we can discuss a different brand or company?

What do you guys think?

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[–] Docus 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As much as i like Lemmy and want it to succeed, I’m not yet convinced it will. I’m still on Reddit (until the app i use, Narwhal, starts charging) and there just is neither the variety of channels nor a similar level of interaction here. In some ways that is a good thing, fewer shitposts, no endless puns and obscure memes and references etc. But i do miss the often interesting comments and discussions you see in the more niche subs on reddit. It may improve over time when user numbers grow, but i don’t think Lemmy, or the bigger fediverse, is ready for the general public yet.

[–] Zak 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think it's important to have a healthy definition of success.

I think Mastodon is a success for example. It hasn't replaced Twitter as the place where people go to yell at each other about politics, but is that a bad thing? Nearly 500 people follow my photography account there. Sure, I could leverage an algorithm on some corporate social service to get more engagement, but that's pretty cool. 500 people decided for themselves that they want to see my pictures of birds.

I don't expect 180K people to show up here in the first year, but it took /r/flashlight 15 years to get there. The people who are here upvote eagerly and leave thoughtful comments. It's small, but it's nice.

One thing I do is post my reviews here (and to my flashlight Mastodon account) first. I did notice a couple other reviewers who had been posting here aren't anymore. I should probably reach out.

[–] DinDjarin 2 points 1 year ago

I share that sentiment. The niche subreddits are still great places to be.

There are a few subreddits that are totally about the subject at hand and are wonderful places. I would like to see a community like that grow here. We have a great start so far.