For personal reason, I had to stop my weekly post in our Journaling community. So, even though we’re still getting new subscribers (nearing 600) there is not much new content/comments being posted. I don’t know for how long I will too busy to post myself I hope others will keep occasionally posting ;)
Is there maybe a more active more general community that could be used to avoid having the community relying only on you? Maybe [email protected] (not that it’s that much active either looking at it now)
I’ll let anyone decide what’s best for them. My opinion is that journaling does not need to be the most active community (it’s not a practice relying on short term/constantly changing trends, for some like me it’s a lifelong habit) but it does need to have enough activity to feel welcoming enough… which something it looks like I did not manage to initiate, so far. I would also say I consider journaling a very specific way of writing I would not wish to see it mixed with a more ‘public-focused’ type of writing. Also, we’ve seen more than a doubling (x3 maybe?) of the subscribers in the 6 months or so I started posting content. To me, that’s saying there is a real interest for a dedicated community. And imho, with a little more patience, it may start to feel more lively.
But like I said, it’s up to anyone to decide what they want to do it, and where. I’ll keep an eye on the journaling community for the time being and hopefully I’ll be able to quickly resume regular postings if no one else wants to do it, because like I keep saying: it’s not my community, I don’t own it. I’m just its janitor, trying to make it welcoming and get more people to visit and… use it ;)
Maybe [email protected] (not that it’s that much active either looking at it now)
That’s a Lemmy issue, I’m afraid. We’re not that many. And niche communities are the most impacted by that.
For personal reason, I had to stop my weekly post in our Journaling community. So, even though we’re still getting new subscribers (nearing 600) there is not much new content/comments being posted. I don’t know for how long I will too busy to post myself I hope others will keep occasionally posting ;)
Is there maybe a more active more general community that could be used to avoid having the community relying only on you? Maybe [email protected] (not that it’s that much active either looking at it now)
I’ll let anyone decide what’s best for them. My opinion is that journaling does not need to be the most active community (it’s not a practice relying on short term/constantly changing trends, for some like me it’s a lifelong habit) but it does need to have enough activity to feel welcoming enough… which something it looks like I did not manage to initiate, so far. I would also say I consider journaling a very specific way of writing I would not wish to see it mixed with a more ‘public-focused’ type of writing. Also, we’ve seen more than a doubling (x3 maybe?) of the subscribers in the 6 months or so I started posting content. To me, that’s saying there is a real interest for a dedicated community. And imho, with a little more patience, it may start to feel more lively.
But like I said, it’s up to anyone to decide what they want to do it, and where. I’ll keep an eye on the journaling community for the time being and hopefully I’ll be able to quickly resume regular postings if no one else wants to do it, because like I keep saying: it’s not my community, I don’t own it. I’m just its janitor, trying to make it welcoming and get more people to visit and… use it ;)
That’s a Lemmy issue, I’m afraid. We’re not that many. And niche communities are the most impacted by that.
Mods are janitors. If you’re the only active poster in a community, it depends much more on you to stay alive than on the mods.