I, like many here, have migrated over from reddit and trying to recreate all the subreddits I’ve been subscribed to. The ones I miss the most are personal finance and investing. I found this one but there doesn’t seem to be much activity here?
Communities have to be nurtured and tended. Start posting content and see whether it grows. Be prepared for it to take a while though. People are still exploring and finding all the books and crannies.
I guess you’re right, we need to actually post content for others to join. It’s tough because I don’t necessarily have anything to post right now, but it was nice to scroll through the subreddit to find new things in the personal finance topics.
I’ve come to realise that Reddit trained me to simply consume content rather than be an active participant in a community. This makes sense when you realise that they are selling advertising and have a small number of people who generate enough content for others to consume.
Lemmy is meant to be a community, so I’m finding I’m having to step up and actually contribute by way of commenting, posting and modding.
Yep, it’s pretty quiet here. What areas of personal finance interest you most? What sort of conversations are you looking to have?
I got into the early retirement movement and subsequently optimizing my spending and investing. In general I like to talk about money matters because most people don’t like to discuss money IRL.
My exact pathway as well. Glad to see a fellow RE person.
Currently have the savings/investing on autopilot. My current hurdles are my wife’s student loans and her pursuit of PSLF, as well deciding to rent or sell our current house when we move next year.
Not dead. Hasn’t been born yet.
I hope not - I’ve learned so much from reading /r/personalfinance and would love to have a similar community here.
It will come alive as more switch to the fediverse. Just need patience. Reddit was once like this when Digg was massive.
