It became the only reliable source of information I had. People posted links with a minimal amount of commentary, picking and choosing the best content from other social media networks. They’re not doing it to “build a brand” because that’s not a thing in the Fediverse. It’s too disjointed to be a place to build a newsletter subscription base.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 28 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

the only problem is the lack of niche from like in some reddit subs, not main subs, and people there are unlikely to migrate here. plus the bots therer drum all the engagement to get people interested. when an instance vanishes it takes the content with them and i dint see the last one recover from it.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 12 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It takes very little effort to open and run a community here, be the change you want to see. :)

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I disagree. It's easy if you want to use a community as your personal blog without any interaction from others. It's hard to get an actual community running.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

People are more likely to participate if you are. :) But if the space exists, natural discovery can happen too. You do not have to do much more than open the conversation.