So i made a lemmy group but im not sure how to get more people to use the group and post on it, i had one person post but they deleted there post and i think they left becasue the group is just that small. do i just wait or is there something i can do to grow the group?

any advice or tips?

  • Shaggy959500@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    There’s a community for new communities on Lemmy.world. That’s a great place to share the word about any new communities created recently!

    The community is literally called “New Communities”.

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    1 year ago

    https://lemmy.world/c/newcommunities Is probably a good start to advertise it initially.

    Also be prepared to work on the community for a long time. Think of it like tending to a garden. Lemmy is still pretty new as a platform but it is obviously growing. Some niche topics are less popular and will take even more time to grow compared to other topics. If you’re willing to continue posting and keep the community productive eventually more people are going to join.

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      1 year ago

      yes! I see a bunch of communities created with nothing in it. If you create a community, start the conversation! Don’t squat on communities for the sake of it!

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        1 year ago

        Share links to it in other posts, Add the name to this thread might help. Boot strapping a community is hard, but for starters you have to tell people that it exists.

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      1 year ago

      And very importantly, what the actual purpose and focus of the community is, and what it is not for. That should be in its description, so everyone sees it at a high level when browsing communities (have a look how it appears in the Communities search.

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    1 year ago

    Apart from all the good Lemmy suggestions, right now I think is a good moment to mention it on Reddit posts in related communities, especially in response to people complaining about the current way Reddit is going.

    I‘ve come here from when various shit got deleted/banned off r/piracy and people in the comments mentioned the piracy Lemmy.