People are so interested in finding alternatives to the systems that we hate, and actually are passionate about supporting those things and developing them into useable and enjoyable platforms.

People are interested in spreading the word about the importance of unions and the climate crisis. Idk if those posts just get squashed on reddit, but I've seen SO much more talk of workers rights and informing others about them.

It just gives me hope about the future for once. Like things are happening that are different, and I know that we can't be silenced here. This is a platform by the people, for the people, and that can't ever be fully taken away.

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[–] Metallibus@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I agree, but I just wish it was easier to find interesting communities. Sorting by "hot" definitely dredges up more content, but they're all like 0-5 comment posts. Sorting by active shows the same few posts for a few days. I've been trying to sub to communities that seem interesting in "hot" content, but there just doesn't seem to be a lot of content yet? I may just be spoiled by the scale of reddit, but this seems fairly low and feels a little empty.

Am I just missing good communities? Is there somewhere to find them? Or are we still just really "too early" where most content is only getting 5-10 comments?

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Currently, the best way to find new interesting communities is through !trendingcommunities@feddit.nl

Am I just missing good communities? Is there somewhere to find them? Or are we still just really "too early" where most content is only getting 5-10 comments?

We're still way, way too early for the kind of activity Reddit offered in the smaller niche communities. The best thing anyone can do right now is finding one or two small communities they care about and starting posting to help populate them with content, which will help slowly attract more users over time.

As an example, I've been trying to be active at !superautopets@lemmy.world, and we're still waiting for a third active user beyond me and the founder.

It's just going to take time.

[–] Metallibus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe my interest are too niche, but the trending communities stuff has felt too.... Bland/general for me. I'll keep trying it though, thanks.

The stuff I've seen has had communities with many posts but only a handful of comments. Maybe that only exists in those larger, more general communities for now though.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 1 year ago

Maybe my interest are too niche, but the trending communities stuff has felt too.... Bland/general for me. I'll keep trying it though, thanks.

The formula for it is still being worked on, so I think just keep following that sub. I agree in general, but I still tend to find a couple of smaller more niche subs on the list every day.

The stuff I've seen has had communities with many posts but only a handful of comments. Maybe that only exists in those larger, more general communities for now though.

I mean yeah, that's kind of what I was trying to say. For most of the small niche communities, we're still at a point where there will be one or maybe two people taking the initiative to post, a handful of people voting, and maybe a couple commenting here and there. That's just where we're at, population and growth-wise.

That's why everyone needs to take initiative to participate. Humans tend to follow the herd, so if a community has no posts or comments, new visitors - even those interested or even subscribed - will just think "this place is dead" and move on. If we populate them with content, we slowly lay the foundation for others to trickle in over time.

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