I'm really into a niche of a niche subgenre of books. The Reddit community is the best place to find out about new books and hear people talking about them to get a sense if it's worth your time to read. I used to spend ~5-10 minutes there every day or two to find out about new books.
There just aren't enough Lemmy users into my favourite sub-subgenre in total, and what really made the Reddit community special was author engagement, which will only happen with thousands of active users. I could put a lot of work into making it, but it's just not likely to go anywhere and, without authors, won't be very good anyway.
Hell, even the Parenting community on Beehaw is barely alive, and that's a huge topic that like a quarter of the population might be interested in, and Beehaw is one of the biggest Lemmy instances.
So… maybe? For mainstream topics, sure, but niche subreddits needed a unique intersection of conditions to thrive, which Lemmy can't (yet) replicate.
To everyone missing a sub: open it on lemmy and be the first!
That just doesn't work.
There are many subs I wish they were on here and they aren't even if there is a community called like that, because nobody is there.
Someone starts, others will follow
It really depends on the topic.
I'm really into a niche of a niche subgenre of books. The Reddit community is the best place to find out about new books and hear people talking about them to get a sense if it's worth your time to read. I used to spend ~5-10 minutes there every day or two to find out about new books.
There just aren't enough Lemmy users into my favourite sub-subgenre in total, and what really made the Reddit community special was author engagement, which will only happen with thousands of active users. I could put a lot of work into making it, but it's just not likely to go anywhere and, without authors, won't be very good anyway.
Hell, even the Parenting community on Beehaw is barely alive, and that's a huge topic that like a quarter of the population might be interested in, and Beehaw is one of the biggest Lemmy instances.
So… maybe? For mainstream topics, sure, but niche subreddits needed a unique intersection of conditions to thrive, which Lemmy can't (yet) replicate.
That's why !christmas@lemm.ee exists! I realize it's only me for now, but maybe someday I'll have people join me.
It is hard to just start conversations on your own but it really is kind of how you have to do it.
What would be the argument? The religious side, the gifts, ornaments or…?
Why not just take a minute to look at the community?
I'm not sure why there would be an argument at all? Most Christmas groups talk about food, music, decorations, other traditions…
Not usually a ton of actual arguing.
I did, that's why !amiga@sopuli.xyz exists!
How do you create a sub?
You click on 'Create Community' in the top bar
Oh, I don't see that, but that's probably because I'm using boost.