Something I miss from Reddit was that just about all my favorite games had their own subreddits. Like I happen to be a huge fan of Snowrunner but I don’t see any communities specifically about Snowrunner on Lemmy. But Elden Ring has a community on 2 instances with less than 100 subs total. I think the one hosted on Lemmy.world has 8 subs and 1 post. Elden Ring was game of the year in 2022!

I guess I just don’t see enough engagement on these dedicated communities to see the value in making my own Snowrunner community or any other game in general really.

Thoughts?

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As Lemmy continues to grow, individual game subs will begin to grow. Right now there are not enough users to sustain these individual communities.

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Eventually we’ll get there, the only Mass Effect community is here and it’s basically just the moderator and I making content lol

Keep in mind that we are only seeing rexxitors that left during the protest at the moment. Once the changeover happens and third party apps go down we will see a bunch of additional traffic and users. Might as well get the community started for when that happens! Post memes and whatnot to the gaming communities and put your community in the body text so people can find it too. Gaming is huge on Lemmy just like reddit, and we will continue growing as the problems on reddit become acute in the following days.

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IMO only if you plan to be active there and post content to it.

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I know I’ve been enjoying !diablo@lemmy.world even if it’s not crowded with content yet.

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I’m conflicted. While I wish I could go to a targeted community for games I am playing, my experience with Reddit is that these end up being filled with shitposts and memes.

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Yes. Bring on the shitposts. It’s what I’m here for.

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bleh shitposts belong in meme subs

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