A lot of subs never really got a foothold outside of Reddit. I tried to do what I could and I'm still trying my best but I'm only one guy and I'm not good at making content. Barely anyone from the BrandoSando subs came, the incremental games community gave up before it even started, no community that I know has had a successful offshoot in the fediverse.

[–] Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Reddit didn't start that specific, the best thing to grow Lemmy is be active in broad communities, not brandosando but books. When books grows large enough then a sanderverse community can be spun off, but trying to be over specialized just dilutes the users into small inactive communities.

[–] Hyggyldy@sffa.community 10 points 1 year ago

I think that's a very good point.

[–] mkhopper@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

This right here. Reddit started with very general based topics and only later did smaller niche subs take off.

Lemmy will get there. It's just a matter of time and it's only been a few months since the Great Reddit Migration of '23.
By this time next year, or maybe 18 months out, once instances become normalized and settled, with user tools to help find and organize them, Lemmy will then start to cause large dents in Reddit's user base.

[–] deus@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol it took me way too long to realize you guys were talking about Brandon Sanderson

[–] Hyggyldy@sffa.community 1 points 1 year ago

Actually we're enthusiasts of both Marlon Brando and sandwiches.

[–] _number8_@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

yeah, the sheer breadth of obscure topics that were able to form a sizeable enough group on reddit is so fragile and special and hard to replicate. such a shame.

[–] trafguy@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago

Never been part of that community personally, but thanks for helping to support the platform. Even if you're not seeing much traction, it's appreciated. What would you think of picking the most engaging Reddit content and migrate it here to help boost community size? Or maybe posting to Reddit with a watermark/credit leading to your Lemmy community?

[–] fine_feline@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was a frequent visitor of the BrandoSando subs. I just haven't found anything over here, though. Got any links? I'll join up and try to contribute, but I'm like you. I'm not great or consistent in content creating either.

[–] Hyggyldy@sffa.community 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's on https://sffa.community. But that's another problem. I think a lot of communities besides the main ones on here thought they'd just make a community and people would start posting. They didn't post anything to bring people in and they didn't know to go federate their community with other instances. The most active communities here are, !sffgaming@sffa.community, which is me, !brandonsanderson@sffa.community, !imaginarycosmere@sffa.community, and !cosmere@sffa.community .

[–] fine_feline@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you! My biggest issue has been I just don't know how to look for them. I've tried searches, but I'm still searching like I would for a subreddit.

[–] Hyggyldy@sffa.community 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it can be tricky. This is probably one of the biggest issues with the fediverse.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Same with a lot of the subs I was at on Reddit. Stable Diffusion is no where near as active as Reddit's.