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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Trying to populate [email protected] and [email protected]

The good news is that some posters started to posting there after a while.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

[email protected] and [email protected] had a very successful migration from Lemmy.world, and both seem to have actually gained more active users than before, which I attribute to Lemmy.cafe participating in Lemmy-federate, as well as the announcement in the new communities sub-lem. All of the big posters keeping mealtime alive transferred over as well, so overall extremely pleased! ^^

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Well done! Good example that community migration can happen and be successful!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

A bit busy with life now, so not as active as I used to be. Mostly focused on [email protected], activity is stable

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

I have started posting pretty much daily again on [email protected], now have a regular poster other than myself. Occasionally there is another user that drops by every once in a while and unloads a bunch of content which is nice. I appreciate the effort those users go to. Very slow growth with that community, though it is fairly niche.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm just the janitor. I don't mind. I only ever have issues to resolve in [email protected]. The flop of [email protected] after people seemed enthusiastic was a bit of a bummer. I'm not sure if my posts intimidated, or my config of the community failed to resonate, or maybe it is just me. [email protected] is basically me taking notes to expand my vocabulary and posting those here.

For me, Lemmy can't be a project I commit to like those of you that really build the community super actively. I love y'all for doing that. I need the social community part for my own stability, and try to contribute something meaningful when it seems appropriate.

I do find it interesting how Lemmy has evolved over the last 6 months or so. The demographic has shifted somewhat, gauging by how people grasp and respond to my more abstracted thoughts. There seems to have been an influx of a younger audience especially from shitjustworks. It could be that they were always here but not actively engaging or in ways that I encounter.

I'm also more aware of the delay of the bot transporters mechanism between instances and how it can delay interactions between instances.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

The flop of [email protected] after people seemed enthusiastic was a bit of a bummer.

Seems on-topic for the community at least

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

[email protected] isn't in great shape. I keep it updated with the important news, but Reddit just has a monopoly.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

I posted mostly on [email protected] for the Worlds. Not playing the game anymore, so can't really contribute a lot to that one. Have you tried promoting it on other gaming communities? It's surprising the activity is that low, but on the other hand so is [email protected] so maybe that's just topics people on Lemmy are not interested in

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

[email protected] has now acquired an icon that fits in with the rest of the instance—it's an anime picture! Still have to get going on the backup instance.

The weekly What are you playing posts tend to get at least some engagement nowadays.

I fixed up the OtomeGamesBot to post them for me, which I correctly marked as a bot account.

One upvote and nothing else.

I also recall it being possible to prevent bot posts from being shown to you. (Settings > uncheck Show Bot Accounts)

I'll let the bot post again two more weeks, and if the posts continue getting less engagement than I'm used to seeing I'll probably need to go back to posting them on my account instead.