With previous Rexit's like the API debarcle etc. many users were left looking for an alternative, but with decision fatigue and bad UX etc. most did not find the Fediverse a viable option.

What needs to still improve, how can we be ready this time?

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[–] neutrinoist@lemmy.org 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I agree. This place feels dead? I'm sure I'm just doing it wrong. But, I downloaded Blorp, went to 'Explore', and the amount of 'subreddits ' is so minimal. What am I doing wrong here? Lol

[–] moseschrute@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I’m the developer behind Blorp. The trouble with the threadiverse (a term that refers to Lemmy and PieFed) is it’s not tuned by big cooperations to get you addicted. That also means you gotta dig a little more to find the content you’re looking for. I’m happy to help direct you if you have questions!

Thanks for using my app!

[–] neutrinoist@lemmy.org 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Hi there! Thanks for developing the app, that's quite impressive. Not sure if there's a good answer to this, but what I was referring to was when I 'Explore' and search for something specific, it doesn't seem to be there. So I thought maybe I was doing something wrong? And if there is something specific that I end up finding, it sometimes only has ~1-10 members, if it's a 'Community'. If there are any tips surrounding these things, that'd be awesome!

[–] moseschrute@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I’m guessing you’re subscribing to more niche communities. For example, I really enjoyed r/homekit, r/WLED, and r/TvTooHigh on Reddit. I think some of those exist on Lemmy, but they are very very inactive compared to Reddit. But if you look at more broad topics like !news@lemmy.world or !technology@lemmy.world, those are way more active.

There are a few exceptions. Lemmy seems to attract lots of Linux and Star Trek fans. I consider those topics more niche, but here they are very active topics.

I know this is easier said than done, but I really want the niche communities here to be more active. If you see a community missing, create it. If you see the one you’re looking for but it’s inactive, post to it.