I feel like having many communities works well on large platforms, but on smaller ones it fragments the already limited content, which in turn makes most communities inactive and reduces engagement.
I feel like having many communities works well on large platforms, but on smaller ones it fragments the already limited content, which in turn makes most communities inactive and reduces engagement.
Not sure the point. There’s already big communities that are fairly active that are more targeted. If I felt like looking at memes, why would I go to a general community instead of a meme community. Or if I wanted news or politics, why wouldn’t I go to one of the large news or politics communities over a general one? Megas within specific communities seem like something that’s only used by a few communities that could be used elsewhere (with the drawback of how /all handles them if you don’t sort by new comments or go directly to the comm).
/all already includes content from all communities, so something posted to c/general is just as likely to be missed my me as stuff posted to a new niche comm. But that latter gives me to option to sub, so I’m more likely to see any future content posted over the next several years. And I might even get motivated to add a post or two, which a post in a general comm would never achieve.