Aside from personally posting more regularly there, any advice or ideas for getting !likethismaylike@lemm.ee going? Had a few people early on posting and even some people beside myself replying to them, but it rapidly trailed off from there and felt a little too much like I was only using it for myself.
Started to make other types of post to help show it’s as much for sharing as asking, but while the posts had some passive positive attention, it didn’t net much more activity.
Feel free to post it on !newcommunities@lemmy.world, that usually gives communities a boost
I’m not too frustrated anymore (as I was a month or two ago) about the lack of posters, and have pretty-much just resigned myself these days to people treating EGN+ as my personal blog.
Maybe in the future, contributors will organically develop and/or I’ll hit upon some method to get more people involved, I don’t know.
I think part of the problem is that while plenty of people can appreciate the cool art of ‘BD’ and the little tidbits I write up, there’s not many people across the Lemmysphere who are all that knowledgeable themselves about Euro GN’s, and who also want to spend time posting.
This actually kind of goes back to my disappointment with Reddit users, in that I thought more would jump ship after learning about the many ways they’ve been disrespected and monetised by Reddit mgmt through various means. I.e., with a bigger userbase here, chances of more engagement with niche communities like ours would increase a bit. Ah, well.
I guess European graphic novels might be popular in French (sometimes you see some on !forumlibre@jlai.lu ) but in English it’s definitely more niche
I was so happy with the community at !superbowl@lemmy.world this week!
We got posts from 5 other people this week, which I think is a record, and they were really good, and some were non-US as well.
I’ve passed 5000 comments, the majority of which have been within the community, and I’m over 900 posts. I’ve been able to maintain 3 posts a day for a while now.
Been seeing a number of new commenters as well and got another DM thank you from someone for posting happy stuff for them every day.
I’ve been depressed and now sick recently, so the community has been a very positive element in my life, so I’m glad everyone is still enjoying what I do.
Reading other communities, I feel people have been getting a little touchier and crude in some of their language, so I feel it is important to keep positive spaces here.
The owls in my feed never fail to lighten up my day!
I hope you’re doing better, and I’m happy to hear that the community is bringing something positive to you as well! There’s at least no doubt there’s a lot of us who appreciate the effort. :)
Yes, my actual medical depression is still properly treated, it’s just a combo of job dissatisfaction and my girlfriend has started work after finishing college, and she works 3x 12 hr days Sat-Mon so my schedule is out of whack and I’ve trashed my already poor sleep hygiene trying to find a new routine. Doing my daily posts is the only thing occuring at “the proper time” anymore, so it at least syncs me up at the start of each day, and the happy comments throughout the day give me things to look forward to.
I caught the killer head cold she’s been having for the last week as well, and it seems my body decided to speedrun it and I hardly left the bed over the weekend.
Everyone is always so supportive in the community, I’m always so glad I decided that if nobody else was going to make it active that it was up to me. I spend a lot of time on it, but I feel it is productive and the positive feedback I get makes the work feel more useful than any actual job I’ve had.
Oooff, that’s harsh. My girlfriend is currently in the process of finishing up her PhD, and my job recently exploded in my face, so I can relate a little to parts of what you’re going through. At least good to hear you’re dealing with the cold efficiently, even if it’s hell while it’s going on!
!midriffmoe@ani.social just hit 1000 tummy enjoyers! Wooo!
Also !moomin@sopuli.xyz is a huge success. Regular commenters. Hit a hundred subs in just a few days. Now increasing more slowly but steadily.
!shortstories@literature.cafe is also an important community on the host instance and has a decent base by now.
I’m just happy its on a relevant instance since it would’ve been much easier to grow it on lemmy.world but I didn’t want another Lemmy.world community
