Sergio

Apple founder Steve Jobs, probably the seminal tech innovator of our time

wait… Job was a marketer and a manager, right? I mean, those are important skills, and he did them effectively, but… is that what is widely considered tech innovation?

There are countless other ‘niche’ communities that have no posts for months, however.

Hey, have you seen [email protected]? It’s got a lot of discussions on how to handle this.

I think that to grow a niche community, you need at least 2-3 regular posters, and you need to make posts that encourage discussion (i.e. ask questions or provoke a thoughtful reaction that readers would like to share.)

Also keep an eye on: https://piefed.fediverse.observer/stats A couple thousand people (and several communities) moved there after lemm.ee died, but we interact with lemmy.

As for why it subjectively seems to be declining… maybe you know what you’re gonna see in New, and so you engage less with posts? Maybe it’s time to be more of a poster!