Sometimes I question the fact that some communities might be too niche, but even on something as generic as [email protected] there aren't that many people wanting to talk about movies
this post was submitted on 26 Apr 2024
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Isn't this because there's already moviesandtv which seems to be better suited to the current community size?
moviesandtv exist, but don't really allow people to discuss movies and shows, it's mostly about news.
I suggested at the time to just have a pinned post like "what have you been watching", but got banned by the mod for "backseat moderation" (see below: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/8381687)
The other issue is that as Lemmy posts don't have unique URLs that can be used by every instance, you can't just have a megathread with links to discussion threads, as that would work only for one instance
The other issue is that as Lemmy posts don't have unique URLs that can be used by every instance, you can't just have a megathread with links to discussion threads, as that would work only for one instance
I'm curious as to how Lemmy apps solve this issue (which they seem to have done), and why the web interface doesn't have similar functionality. In Eternity and Thunder, I can tap on a link to a post on another instance, and it opens the corresponding post on my home instance.
Is there some lookup table under the hood to match post IDs between instances? Whatever system apps are using, why would this not work more broadly?
Interesting, I never noticed, guess I'll have to reinstall Thunder.
On browser, there is lemmyverse.link, but
- if the site goes down, all your links are now dead
- having to select the instance people want to see the link would probably be annoying to most users
I am not sure how apps can do it better than the web UI, but I had a quick look on the Github and that issue is still open: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2987
For now, Lemmy Universal Link Switcher is a great browser script which mostly simulates the functionality of instance agnostic post and comment links. It would be great if the equivalent functionality could be integrated natively into Lemmy though.
Indeed!
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On Facebook, before I stopped, I tried writing well sourced political pieces and no amount of engagement was enough - when there was none it was... Annoying maybe, or disheartening. It made me think about why I was doing it.
I stopped posting on Facebook and I'm slowly moving to my own site and the fediverse.
So I'd say reflect on why you're doing it and hopefully align your actions or expectations with that introspection.
Curious, what is your site? Did you post it somewhere on the Fediverse? In which community?
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I feel having a balance between more popular and widely used communitys as well as smaller and nicher ones work pretty well for me, where I admin 3 rather popular and broad communitys and 3 small and very niche ones. That way it just feels like more is happening yknow?
I also can only recommend utilising a Post Schedueler and making 1-2 weeks worth of posts at a time! When you manually post daily, it does feel pretty lonely, but if you do all the work in a few hours for 2 weeks like I usually do, it really does feel less like shouting into a void since you aren't actively posting per say that way
Balance is an interesting approach, I kind of have it too without realizing it.
The post scheduler can help, but in my case I like to see how the post is received in real time ha ha
I mean, the posts are usually schedueled for the same time with 5 minutes apart. I always look forward to letting them all post and then looking over them all at once!
These things take time. I’ve saved discords in the past by making interesting comments or posts that created conversations. Lemmy is growing, and quality content attracts quality content.
Lemmy is growing
I'm not so sure, https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats, there is a slow but constant loss of users
I wonder why that is? 🤔
op, from someone who browses /c/all, I frequently see your posts, so thanks, keep on keeping on
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