Issue is, we don't attract new users, by design. With no influx of new users (except for if/when we federate), any niche comms will be ghost towns.
The unifying category for us is being leftists, with a dirtbag/terminally online bend so there's more interest in meme discussion for example. If users start making independent communities here, say I made a Dwarf Fortress community, there definitely would be some people who subscribe to it because they have a passing interest. There might be like 3 people who contribute actively because they happen to be big fans of the game. But what community of big fans of that game would migrate to this site, with such an idiosyncratic culture, just to participate in discussion of a game there's already official forums for? And if there was some incentive for them to join, how would the word get out?
I think that is fine, and that not approving any new comms actually stifles existing posters, the quality of which is what has thee potential to attract new people. Even if you find reddit insuffferable you might go to a particularly good subreddit there, people who don't 100% agree with us here could do the same. And frankly: what is actually harmed by a ghost town sub? at least then there is a consolidated place to post on a given topic, and find old posts in the same vein, even if it's only one post a week, who cares? just about everyone browses by All anyhow, so everyone will still have the opportunity to see every post more or less
Issue is, we don't attract new users, by design. With no influx of new users (except for if/when we federate), any niche comms will be ghost towns.
The unifying category for us is being leftists, with a dirtbag/terminally online bend so there's more interest in meme discussion for example. If users start making independent communities here, say I made a Dwarf Fortress community, there definitely would be some people who subscribe to it because they have a passing interest. There might be like 3 people who contribute actively because they happen to be big fans of the game. But what community of big fans of that game would migrate to this site, with such an idiosyncratic culture, just to participate in discussion of a game there's already official forums for? And if there was some incentive for them to join, how would the word get out?
I think that is fine, and that not approving any new comms actually stifles existing posters, the quality of which is what has thee potential to attract new people. Even if you find reddit insuffferable you might go to a particularly good subreddit there, people who don't 100% agree with us here could do the same. And frankly: what is actually harmed by a ghost town sub? at least then there is a consolidated place to post on a given topic, and find old posts in the same vein, even if it's only one post a week, who cares? just about everyone browses by All anyhow, so everyone will still have the opportunity to see every post more or less