You're not wrong. I think we need to start de-specializing some in compensation on the Fediverse. Like maybe there's not enough content to specifically support a !television community at the scale you'd like, but maybe there's enough content if we rolled them together into !entertainment or !media.

But also, no community happens out of a vacuum. If we want a viable community here, sometimes that means putting in the work of regularly contributing posts knowing fully well they'll be ignored and receive no engagement until doing so has proven enough continual activity that people feel worthwhile investing into.

But yes, in general I agree, it would be nice if we had a little more activity around here. But I'd still rather us be on the smaller size than the too large to manage size of Reddit, given the option.

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 0 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

I think we need to start de-specializing some in compensation on the Fediverse. Like maybe there’s not enough content to specifically support a !television community at the scale you’d like, but maybe there’s enough content if we rolled them together into !entertainment or !media.

This is a valid concern for other communities, but interestingly enough in the case of two two, there are enough posts and comments to still keep them separate, the issue is that most of the posts come from a single poster on each topic.

If we want a viable community here, sometimes that means putting in the work of regularly contributing posts knowing fully well they’ll be ignored and receive no engagement until doing so has proven enough continual activity that people feel worthwhile investing into.

Indeed, look at the weekly posts on !fedigrow@lemmy.zip

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Even some of reddit biggest comms like games, still have one primary user posting

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Interesting, I never noticed

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Ye, it's underestimated how many communities are reliant to one passionate enthusiast.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 weeks ago

yeah also the r/MarsSociety community for example. mostly one user posting all the news article, though maybe 5-10 people actively commenting.

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