Not really, if they went abandoned it's probably because they were too niche. Very niche communities should generally try to join a more generic community to avoid over reliance on a single poster.

!fedigrow@lemmy.zip for people wanting to grow communities.

[–] pugnaciousfarter@literature.cafe 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hmmm so the only way to grow is to post on other social media platforms about fediverse?

Very niche communities should generally try to join a more generic community

Yeah, not a bad idea.

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 5 points 3 days ago

For promoting the Fediverse to other people there is !fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[–] m33@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Very true, and at the same time it shows the power of algorithms on mainstream platforms.

I created a couple of Lemmy communities because I wanted an alternative to Reddit’s pretty popular ones. And without crowd management, ads, paid keywords on google and algorithms nothing actually hint people from the fediverse there.

Only a voluntary research on Lemmy shows the communities efficiently. That’s a pretty steep first step to get to niche communities.

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 2 points 3 days ago

You indeed have to actively promote it, or join a more generalist community