New Communities@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago

Trying to build critical mass for small communities

New Communities@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2693464

Hi, I’m focusing on generating content for a few communities that I feel can be successful and have less content than I expected:

!cassettefuturism@lemm.ee: a genre of retrofuturism based on the 70’s and 80’s (more info)

!awwnverts@lemmy.world: cute invertebrates

!weirdwheels@lemmy.world: weird vehicles (with wheels)

!comicstrips@lemmy.world: self-explanatory

EDIT: I did not create any of those communities

I would encourage anyone to participate if you like those topics.

Do you know any other niche-but-not-too-niche communities in which we could focus efforts?
Please, don’t post very long lists, I’m already subscribed to almost 300 communities and the idea is to focus on a few ones.

Thanks!

EDIT: Added descriptions for each community.

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Sorry for the confussion, I did not create any of those communities. I’m just trying to help them grow. I will edit the post to make it clearer.

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