I curate/mod !tycoon@lemmy.world. It’s dedicated to “tycoon simulation” and management games. Things like Rollercoaster Tycoon, Transport Fever and Project Highrise.

While engagement and posts not made by me could be better, I feel like there is a solid growth trajectory.

I also have a Mastodon account:

https://mstdn.games/@Landgraab_Industries

I cross-post (manually) more prominent posts from the Lemmy community. I do get some engagement, but subscriber growth is very anemic.

I always add tags and I try to make the posts appealing.

Any other tips to help gain (organic) subscriber growth on Mastodon?

  • Agent Karyo@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 days ago

    Thanks!

    No worries, I honestly like the forum format more.

    I am just curious if I am missing something. Mastodon has x20 MAU of Lemmy, yet I get much more engagement/sub growth on Lemmy. The niche nature of the topic should have a comparable impact on both platforms, there is nothing about Lemmy that would boost popularity of tycoon gaming discussions relative to baseline.

    Could the fact that I am using a smaller Mastodon instance have an impact?

    • YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca
      2·
      2 days ago

      I think the instance size definitely makes a difference. I expect users on smaller instances need to work harder to get visibility on larger instances.