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"You should create a group when demand is there and not the other way around." In other words, start from generalist communities, and create more specialized ones when there is a need. Do you agree? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Back with newsgroups the general rule was to go from general to specific. You start with a general discussion group and when discussions about video games get annoying you create a games group. If then there are too many Baldur’s Gate discussions you create BG. If they are dominated by Baldur’s Gate 3 you create a Baldur’s Gate 3 group. If everyone is fawning over Withers you create a Withers group which of course will be flooded with discussion about the Withers’ tits mod, which shall get its own group.

Meaning you should create a group when demand is there and not the other way around.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Absolutely. It's just that redditors are used to the existing order and want to see it replicated in lemmy immediately, jumping over the underlying steps of community growing.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Agree. Most of them weren't there when reddit started and just think their niche communities were always there. Before everything there was just /r/technology. Then that splintered. And again, and again. I think same thing happens here. When communities get big enough they splinter.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

When communities get big enough they splinter.

The issue is that community don't get big enough because people want to replicate the niche communities from the get-go, without ensuring a sufficient user base for the niche