Some of the niche communities I frequent unfortunately haven’t made it to Lemmy so I have to check back in periodically. Recently Stealth hasn’t been working that well for me so I tried the browser, but Reddit blocks MullvadVPN…So I created a throwaway just for reading Reddit…and guess what? The app is an absolute mess. Still laggy, still choppy, still buggy. Legit, the first community I randomly clicked on gave me this graphical glitch. How tf can this massive corporation make such an awful app still? .

  • Doll_Tow_Jet-ski@kbin.social
    26·
    6 months ago

    Just a reminder for those wanting the niche communities of Reddit. Create them here. If you manage to bring just one more user besides yourself you already have a community. After that, it’s just a matter of time for it to grow, provided you keep it active

    • ConstipatedWatson@lemmy.world
      161·
      6 months ago

      I hear you, but unfortunately I have not enough experience nor time to moderate the niche communities I loved on Reddit.

      You might say this is selfish because I’d leave this to others, as if their time is less valuable, but really you need to be capable of being a moderator and I’m really grateful to those who do so. You also need to be an expert (or knowledgeable enough) in the topic being moderated.

      While I was on Reddit my main account had a single comment in 12 years of having accounts (and even more without): it was a request to get a Tildes account in June 2023, then I found out about Lemmy and here I am (and here I’m way more active than I’ve ever been because I feel Lemmy is small and needs active users and I enjoy being here a lot more)

      • finthechat@kbin.social
        1·
        6 months ago

        Looks like my ZombieLandSaga magazine has 100% more subscribers than your community.

        Shout out to my one other anonymous subscriber!

    • jacktherippah@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      6 months ago

      I know, but the thing is I lack the experience and time needed to create and moderate a community. I can only engage with content (i.e posting and commenting)

    • notsorryforpartying@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      6 months ago

      My niche community gets downvoted to oblivion on lemmy bc the people on new and all here don’t understand it. Is there a way to opt out of being on the all feed? Bc that might solve my problem and I can try and work on it again

      • gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world
        31·
        6 months ago

        That is why they are called niche: they aren’t for everyone. Also…

        Care what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.