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[Weekly thread] How are you doing with your communities? (reddthat.com)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

After taking a full week vacation where I posted whenever I got up at more random times instead of when I consistently leave for work, the post timing does not seem to be as critical as I thought it would be. I thought that was pretty interesting. I posted anywhere from 7 to 12 EST and overall likes and comments seemed the same to me.

Otherwise, it still seems random what people will enjoy more. I've been making 2 posts at the same time, and I'm rather poor it feels as to predicting the one which will be more popular. Even stuff that is slower one day will do better another day. Psychology or marketing aren't my thing, it would seem.

People still like what I'm doing, and I feel people have been having a little more fun in the comments, so that's what matters.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think considering that lemmy is new and communities are small, users will be provided with all the content, regardless of when it was posted. Compared to an instagram where the content is so much you might not see it if you miss it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That's likely accurate, and I tend to forget my usage is probably different than the majority. Probably at least half my time is creating posts. Since my app got a good draft creation setup, I'm able to make posts ahead of time, so when owl news is slow, I already have a few things in reserve. After that is responding, and since my content is fact based, I'll often have to do some research to reply properly. What Lemmy time I have left, I typically just hit Top 6 Hour and leave it at that, so that's how my mind defaults to thinking about sharing content, which as you said, the majority is probably looking broader since their time isn't including that post/reply time mine is.

I feel I miss out a bit on enjoying Lemmy as a whole, but focusing on the post creation keeps me functioning as a content provider. I'm still posting just things I enjoy, which makes it not feel like work. Being an animal comm helps, as if you're there, you like that animal in general, but I'm still finding what I think is best and sharing that as opposed to trying to cater to a more specific audience. I share pics I find I like in my various feeds, I put up interesting facts I read on my own from things I'd be reading even if Lemmy didn't exist, and I like getting questions back, as it makes me learn about things I didnt think about on my own.

I hardly ever get tired of posting this way, even though I'm essentially the only content provider for the comm, save the random person sharing a meme or comic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

when owl news is slow

I like the fact that someone can say this. In a better world, more people would be tuned in to owl news.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Owl news is largely positive. There are some animals that can't be saved of course, and it's always sad coming across one that has been an education animal for decades finally passing, but most owl news is self-contained and won't have an impact on near as many people. I'd much rather spend my time on that than people news.

Us watching our news feels about the same as a mouse would feel watching owl news. 😬

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Happy cake day!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Hey, look at that, it is!

Let's see if I can make it to the next one!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I unfortunately tend to forgot about most except for [email protected]. This reminds me to post more vintage ads though [email protected]

Edit: and look at that, no activity for three weeks then following my post a couple more people started contributing within hours. Once again I'm reminded how easily I can breathe some life around here. I'm going to think about what other niche interests I have that I could easily make regular posts about.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

that's a great community, subbed and I'm looking forward to it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I think I'm going to focus my efforts on the communities that have other people posting to them; if I do 1-2 posts a week on each of those, I'll be better off than trying to keep communities going singlehandedly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I do 1-2 posts a week on each of those, I’ll be better off than trying to keep communities going singlehanded

Sounds better indeed

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I don't know what to post to wavemusic but I'm always happy to see more music genre/making communities.

Edit: on that note [email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Edit: on that note [email protected]

OMG reminds me of those SilvaGunner mixes that my cousin showed me a couple years ago. They're not quite soundfontcovers, more like mashups using game sound fonts, e.g.:

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Feel free to post em! I don't intend to be strict on the "soundfont" aspect.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

oooh, I just remembered another, it was my cousin's favorite, Ima post it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I tend to include extra images in the body of my posts, and have been driven up the wall for the past ~three weeks or so, as our instance started inserting code that just wasn't working. Finally it seems okay now, but trying to research, upgrade art quality, and do little writeups on a near-daily basis is already kind of a tall task at times. Wow-o-wowsers, I didn't need that baffling flakiness for awhile there. :S

In other news, the community's coming up on its 1yr anniversary and overall has gone pretty well. Over a post per day of content, and ~740 users so far. So, growing subscribers seems to be on track, but there's still the huge question of who's going to do most of the posting, eventually? So far its pretty much still just myself and my co-mod generating said content. Hmm..

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

there’s still the huge question of who’s going to do most of the posting, eventually?

Yeah, that's the tough one. I saw your post, and I think it's a great idea to ask for volunteers and suggesting that they post.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How do you drive engagement on your posts? I see lots of upvotes but no comments.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

First of all, thanks for your community!

Second, I think due to the nature of your community, it takes people time to actually read the articles and have comments to post.

Probably why it's harder for your community to get comments than a meme community

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

Yeah, I'm never going to compete with the lolcats. It was surprising just how low the ratio of votes to comments were, though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Indeed, as I said, for your content, people need to read a long text, it takes them time