there’s no communities for my niche interests!!!

more like “i want a ready-made community where other people already putting effort into posting cool and intersting stuff, and all I want to do is sit on my ass and shower posts generously with “”“muh upvotes™””“”

  • hungryphrog
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    6 hours ago

    The thing is, communities need people. People who post in the community. Most new communities get a few members, a handful of posts, and then just die.

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      5 hours ago

      Counterpoint: Sometimes you can kickstart a community that you want to see just by consistently posting content. !science_memes@mander.xyz is my favourite example – it was essentially one person who created that entire community (and it’s since been diversifying somewhat – at least there’s traction in the comments).

      But to reinforce your point: I did !spacemusic@lemmy.ca and tried to do the same thing, but it sort of petered out. But it’s way way more niche.

      Rome wasn’t built in a day. Just engage with the content you like and build some places for content you’d like to see.