Sergio

Sergio@piefed.social · 1 minute ago

You know how cats are sitting still staring at something, and you’re like “how can that cat sit still so long and stare at something?” It’s this. The entire world is a game to them.

Sergio@piefed.social · 2 days ago

There are countless other ‘niche’ communities that have no posts for months, however.

Hey, have you seen !fedigrow@lemmy.zip? It’s got a lot of discussions on how to handle this.

I think that to grow a niche community, you need at least 2-3 regular posters, and you need to make posts that encourage discussion (i.e. ask questions or provoke a thoughtful reaction that readers would like to share.)

Sergio@piefed.social · 6 days ago

Also keep an eye on: https://piefed.fediverse.observer/stats A couple thousand people (and several communities) moved there after lemm.ee died, but we interact with lemmy.

As for why it subjectively seems to be declining… maybe you know what you’re gonna see in New, and so you engage less with posts? Maybe it’s time to be more of a poster!