Official India community on Lemmy

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Welcome To India

India, officially the Republic of India (Bhārat Gaṇarājya)

It is the seventh-largest country by area, the most populous country in the world, and the most populous democracy.

Rules

Be civil and respectful. Everyone should feel welcome here.
No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia.
No Ads / Spamming.
No pornography.

Below is a list of other Indian communities

founded 1 year ago

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Why is it so silent here? and a question on the community rules and policies. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Itna sannata kyu hai bhai? [Why is it so silent here?]

Arrived here after reading the post on lemmy.ml.

However, the community is not as active as I hoped it would. Not many posts, and most posts have zero comments.

What do you think could drive more engagement here?

My initial thoughts on this.

The community could be more active if the rules and moderation policies are made known.

What are the rules for posting here? Are news articles allowed? Or is it just general articles? What about discussion posts? What topics are allowed for discussion?

For example, I wanted to post about the recent events around casteism in Madhya Pradesh. But I wasn’t sure if it met the policies and rules. Moreover, recent articles are about general topics or listicles, so I ended up dropping the idea.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was honestly surprised reddit was as popular as it was with us Indians. Lemmy is a quite a bit more complex to set up as you like (even to get working, imo), so it shouldn't come as a surprise that this isn't popular. Maybe in the future, who knows? Everyone on my friends list is just going gaga over Threads now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You make a very good point on accessibility.

Though I wasn’t as surprised about how popular Reddit was or how active Indians were on Reddit.

A lot of people, myself included, naturally started using Reddit as it was more convenient than being active on multiple forums/boards. We joined to participate in niche subreddits and participated in general subreddits like r/india as a side effect.

Of course, Reddit became more akin to traditional social media over the years, and it brought in even more people.