Hopefully things change once lemmy.world updates to 0.19 with scaled sorting. And maybe you guys and gals have some advice for fixing my issue.

To keep my feed fresh I subscribed to all the big communities full of memes. They do have engagement beyond funny jokes, but I’m tired of how political everything is.

I’m not trying to bury my head in the sand, on the contrary, im highly aware how much fascism has taken its grips on the world. But I don’t need to be reminded everytime I’m on lemmy.

So I’m hoping once scaled sorting is on lemmy.world, the lemmyverse will transform. I hope I start seeing my hobbyist community come to life.

Or if people have recommendations for large communities not full of politics that works too. Maybe memes and shitposts aren’t for me.

  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    9 months ago

    It is a shame that the news communities have filled out better than the more hobby-level stuff. I think that will come with time and hopefully some more users

    • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
      6·
      9 months ago

      It’s just a lot easier to find and share that type of content than stuff around a niche hobby. That takes a full community which takes time to grow. I think we’ll get there eventually.

        • can@sh.itjust.works
          4·
          9 months ago

          I tried to make an effort to post more since I joined here. It’s easier once you get the habit of it.

          • Gorgritch_Umie_Killa@aussie.zone
            3·
            9 months ago

            Habit is key.

            OP if you have a relative interest in seeing a community function better do try to post more yourself.

            Find some dnd sites, even if its the biggest most well known ones, and post things you find interesting from there. Use the ‘Body’ to add your own perspective.

            Start small, maybe try to Post one article every Wednesday night, and one article every Sunday night. Once you start a habit you’ll naturally begin exploring forr new and interetsting resources.

            I dunno, good luck! :)

    • ElectroVagrant@lemmy.worldM
      4·
      9 months ago

      Replied to someone else with a similar comment a moment ago, but I’ll reiterate here: if you want to post about your hobbies/hobby activities here either to gauge interest in making a community or until the existing communities get more traction, feel free to.

      This is an in-between community as-is, so I think it’s as good a place as any to find likeminded people to build and grow other, more focused communities.

    • hitmyspot@aussie.zone
      3·
      9 months ago

      News is general interest, so it’s more likely to get engagement and grow. The more the news communities grow, the more engagement will happen with more niche communities. It’s the same network effect that reddit and Facebook benefitted from.