Post the content and you'll get some engagement. I've posted in niche subs here like Begleris, lockpicking, Balisongs and got engagement. So I don't know what to tell you but to post whatever.
this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2024
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Cath 22 ? If you cant be ass'd moving why would others, you're just enabling the enshitifcation to continue
Community is what you make it.
I get it. I basically have to browse on the everything tab to get enough content, and just block the politics communities because I get enough of that from everywhere else in life. I've been using the lack of content to just ween myself off social media though, rather than go back to Reddit. This is the only "social media app" I have installed on my phone unless you count Discord and YouTube
I would suggest blocking the communities that post all the content you don't like. After I did that, it's been smooth sailing, and I read the All feed. There's not that many large news and politics communities that you would need to block to get rid of that stuff on your timeline.
Block FlyingSquid, it improves the community a huge amount.
Do it before they drag you into an argument, lose, then ban you.
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Lemmy isn't just full of political content, but it's also full of assholes too that take advantage of the small sized community of Lemmy and other instances. So this gives the impression that it's simply a clique that runs around 'running things' and by that, just kissing ass to mods and making you out to be the problem when it was started by them.
With politically charged content and just random pricks mixed in, it's going to be a hard sell for anybody to stick around here on Lemmy. Moreso, the lack of niche communities, will not give anyone a sense of belonging.
That's what Reddit will always have in spades against Lemmy. Lemmy just seems to be populated with political people, nerds into programming, jackasses and aimless wanderers.
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Niches really need a way to advertise themselves and then congregate in one place. It's a bit sad to see two communities for the same thing in different instances and neither get the critical mass of posters needed to survive.
From small seeds... I had noticed a huge improvement regarding lemmy posts and threads, before the US election, and then it all kind of went backwards.
But if you have any questions about anything - niche or otherwise, you should post them on lemmy, helping it to grow faster. Even if the answers can already be found in other community forums.
You should get specific replies to your question anyway, but also anyone coming behind you won't have to go to reddit or any other place for the answer.
It requires everyone to help, but questions are the fastest way to grow in most cases. Not including the likes of subs that can post original content, A TON of reposts on them too, but some OC.
But mainly asking for help with anything should get people with knowledge on the subject replying.
With the idea that eventually many answers can be found here without having to go elsewhere.
Start 'spamming' your genuine questions now..
I like to cook vegan food and post about it 😊
Yet, it feels like an uphill battle.
In a way, it is. It's also much further uphill if you consider it a solo task. These are absolutely valid things to vent about, even if they are solvable.
(I felt a lot more like this before the reddit API exodus)