Here’s the thing: I’m on lemmy.world, and there’s already a community about Analog Horror called “!analoghorror@lemmy.federated.club.” I’ve posted there frequently over the past year. However, subscriber and vote engagement are quite low (ofk is not about the likes but i enjoy to have a minimum ammount of people checking the comunity posts to discuss a bit in the comment). Also the community mod seems to not be around anymore. Now I had a similar situation with another horror group before and since I’ve started my version on lemmy.world I was indeed able to find a small but active group of subscribers. Should I do the same? Would you be interested in this?
Btw.
Analog horror is a subgenre of horror fiction and an offshoot of the found footage film genre, said to have originated online during the late 2000s and early 2010s with web series such as No Through Road, Local 58, Gemini Home Entertainment, and Marble Hornet.
UPDATE - THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS HERE’S THE LINK:
!analog_horror_footage@lemmy.world
So, be aware that the oldest active communities, especially those on the original server (.ml) will always get the most exposure. There are probably only ~100-300 people on the All feed in real time. The majority of users are less active and using either subscriptions or periodic most-liked feeds. It will take a lot of regular posts to attract hyper niche topic audiences. We are a relatively small community without the massive pool and algorithms to attract a audience like Reddit. Even with reddit over the last several years a hyper niche sub took a lot of persistence to establish in most instances where it was independent of some other social dynamics.
IMO, you have two options, treat a new community like your personal blog and just commit to it as such. If it turns into more, great; if not, it won’t impact your mindset. Or try to find a larger genera that already exists, or create one that will encompass as large of an audience as possible.
Yes. Not personally familiar with analog horror, but I am of the opinion that the answer to “should I start a thing based on my niche interest” should (almost) always be yes.
Let us know when it’s available for joining
Build it and they will come! Actually, make that “record it on a dodgy camcorder and they’ll sense the added VHS artefacts in the Force”.
!analoghorror@lemmy.federated.club
The instance seems to be down right now.
But anyways, just do it. There are no issues having multiple communities about the same on Lemmy.
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