Just a reminder for those wanting the niche communities of Reddit. Create them here. If you manage to bring just one more user besides yourself you already have a community. After that, it’s just a matter of time for it to grow, provided you keep it active
I hear you, but unfortunately I have not enough experience nor time to moderate the niche communities I loved on Reddit.
You might say this is selfish because I’d leave this to others, as if their time is less valuable, but really you need to be capable of being a moderator and I’m really grateful to those who do so. You also need to be an expert (or knowledgeable enough) in the topic being moderated.
While I was on Reddit my main account had a single comment in 12 years of having accounts (and even more without): it was a request to get a Tildes account in June 2023, then I found out about Lemmy and here I am (and here I’m way more active than I’ve ever been because I feel Lemmy is small and needs active users and I enjoy being here a lot more)
It doesn’t actually need that much moderation. I moderate a pretty sizeable community and mod log is pretty empty. You don’t need to be an expert neither. These are excuses, not reasons.
If you see regular active trusted people, reach out to them about modding when it grows.
I know, but the thing is I lack the experience and time needed to create and moderate a community. I can only engage with content (i.e posting and commenting)
Just a reminder for those wanting the niche communities of Reddit. Create them here. If you manage to bring just one more user besides yourself you already have a community. After that, it’s just a matter of time for it to grow, provided you keep it active
I hear you, but unfortunately I have not enough experience nor time to moderate the niche communities I loved on Reddit.
You might say this is selfish because I’d leave this to others, as if their time is less valuable, but really you need to be capable of being a moderator and I’m really grateful to those who do so. You also need to be an expert (or knowledgeable enough) in the topic being moderated.
While I was on Reddit my main account had a single comment in 12 years of having accounts (and even more without): it was a request to get a Tildes account in June 2023, then I found out about Lemmy and here I am (and here I’m way more active than I’ve ever been because I feel Lemmy is small and needs active users and I enjoy being here a lot more)
It doesn’t actually need that much moderation. I moderate a pretty sizeable community and mod log is pretty empty. You don’t need to be an expert neither. These are excuses, not reasons.
If you see regular active trusted people, reach out to them about modding when it grows.
Matthew 18:20
eeeh seems pretty culty
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I did this with one community. :)
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That is why they are called niche: they aren’t for everyone. Also…
Care what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.
I know, but the thing is I lack the experience and time needed to create and moderate a community. I can only engage with content (i.e posting and commenting)
Thats exactly how you make a community. The setup is five minutes.
I’ve been trying and I’ve yet to bring a single person to the community that I created here.
!englishlearning@lemmy.ml
Looks like my ZombieLandSaga magazine has 100% more subscribers than your community.
Shout out to my one other anonymous subscriber!
OP’s “niche” communities: r/iphone
Yeah. It also exists here: !iphone@lemmy.ml
Guess the “niche” community isn’t big enough.
Just a random community I clicked on to test the app.