Oh and the lack of more hobby-oriented communities is a major short-coming, and probably why Reddit still maintains a large userbase. Self-hosted and the radio instance are great examples, and more communities around those topics can bring folks over here.

Hobby communities need a community to survive. This is always the same argument against Lemmy. Or most Reddit alternatives. "I'm not going there. Not enough users." It's a self fulfilling prophecy.

[–] Andy_R@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

People forget Reddit was like that for the longest time, just tech and Le bacon narwhals at midnight.

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

IIRC the hobby subs that got big all somehow got some k8nd of vitality, either reaching /r/all or some influencer or content creator promote it

So someone need to make the comms here, hold the fort alone, then somehow market it to get more audience or get it viral

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

IIRC the hobby subs that got big all somehow got some k8nd of vitality, either reaching /r/all or some influencer or content creator promote it

So someone need to make the comms here, hold the fort alone, then somehow market it to get more audience or get it viral