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I run my own instance and I have created some communities that I loved back on Reddit. I searched and no similar communities seem to exist in the fedeverse yet. Obviously there is nobody visiting them right now, so how would you go about trying to promote it to attract some discussion?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

You could promote them in [email protected]

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Or post them to reddit. Some subs are actively asking themseld if and where they move. Of course only the willing part, but a simple: "I created this community, see yea" could be enough

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just remember to post them so that we can all get to that community from different federated [email protected]

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Well, I just stumbled over this post in All, so maybe just include some links next time ... Honestly tho I don't know. Am noob

[โ€“] OtakuAltair 3 points 1 year ago

Cross-post from it to other relevant communities, and link to yours in the post body

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Honestly just create them, and don't leave them for dead (give them content). That way they show up in searches on peoples instances and places like https://browse.feddit.de/

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Be sure you have searched in the feddit.de or lemmy.ml searchbars rather than your own server's, since those will only populate with communities you've checked out.

Other than the wow this lemmy exists mentioned above, find communities in the general topic, example for F1 racing find car and hobby related communities. Or post a meme with a related topic and promote your community in a comment.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Make some good content and release on Lemmy first. Then crosspost to other platforms citing the Lemmy source.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You could promote it on [email protected].

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