Back with newsgroups the general rule was to go from general to specific. You start with a general discussion group and when discussions about video games get annoying you create a games group. If then there are too many Baldur’s Gate discussions you create BG. If they are dominated by Baldur’s Gate 3 you create a Baldur’s Gate 3 group. If everyone is fawning over Withers you create a Withers group which of course will be flooded with discussion about the Withers’ tits mod, which shall get its own group.

Meaning you should create a group when demand is there and not the other way around.

  • Blaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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    12 days ago

    You just shouldn’t start a community and expect others to post in it a lot 🤷

    Also, that’s not what the post says. The post says to only fork a niche community once the more generic community sees a lot of content from that niche. It’s not opening a community and waiting for people to magically arrive.