Tbh i feel like the site tried to do too much too fast. Mind you the og sub was literally one main page and that was it. Not to say that making special sub communities was a bad thing overall, I just feel like we spit up into too many sub groups on the site without the necessary amount of people to do it

I could not agree more.

At the same time, subgroups are what differentiate us from any other socialist community I can think of. I like having a space like /c/gardening where there's political comradery outside of a political context. My mycology and horticulture goals are deeply intertwined with my politics and the plant/fungi subreddits are apolitical spaces where discussing that sucks. Radicalising someone along the lines of their employment is much easier than getting them interested in economics or history first.

I think those will really pay off around 50k subscribers. c/main would be a nightmare by now so it's starting to become more beneficial than detrimental, but when we get to 1-5 posts per day with 5-10 comment engagement on them then they become breeding grounds for interesting discussions you wouldn't see in c/main. If we're to attract more people the selling point needs to be better than shitposting. There are still decent socialist subreddits with shitposting.