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Attempting to move from Reddit. Tried to leave Twitter as well but failed... Mostly just to follow @hrmfirenews, and other traffic/emergency info.
I think during early growth rule 2 should allow a broader section of Nova Scotia; and 3 should be lax in regards to one-off advertisements (Allow one post along the lines of buy tickets for $LIVE_BAND at $HFXBAR, allow tourism ads for anywhere in the province)
I agree that rule 2 should only be loosely enforced.
Moved over because not a fan of what reddit is doing. Hoping Lemmy or one of the other alternatives takes off.
Welcome to the Fediverse Haligonians!
I'll refrain from commenting too much on how to make the community great, as a) I don't live there, so probably won't be here often, b) it's really going to depend on who shows up, and c) I've been using Lemmy for less than a week. What I'd personally recommend is a mod (if not you) stickying this post for a while, but otherwise just post the kind of stuff YOU want to see as often as you can - pictures, questions for locals, links to local events or news articles, locally relevant TILs, rants, memes*, whatever
The first big hurdle is driving and encouraging engagement. If there's nothing to see here, people won't stick around. People don't stick around, they won't post anything. At the beginning, first adopters will need to feed a little extra energy into the system to get things spinning. And it might feel like it's taking longer than it should for a bit.
It's probably not going to be r/halifax, but with some time and participation can still be something good.
*[Knew I forgot something]
It's definitely feeling barren, it took me about a week to understand Lemmy, and how it works. Not that I understand it, I see it potential, we just gotta get over the hump.
Reddit has made it hard to link to Lemmy, I've tried posting to different subreddits linking to their Lemmy alternatives, and Reddit now automatically deletes those posts. Hence another reason to move away from Reddit.
My biggest concern is casual Reddit users keeping Reddit alive, I anticipate Reddit will take over the private subreddits and make them public again. As long as Reddit comes up in peoples google searches, it will be a more active community than Lemmy.
There are enough people to keep Lemmy thriving however, it just won't be as publically known as Reddit.
They've started removing posts about Lemmy? That's terrible!
Very good points, thank you for your time and input!
Just came over. Glad to be here.
Still will have to follow reddit for specific subreddits that don't really exist here but this is my new home and you're all my friends now j guess
Hopefully more and more subreddits move and/or open a second community here. I haven't been on reddit since RiF stopped working.
I found out about Lemmy about a week after the API changes and got sick of the porn bots following me every time I posted in certain subs. Just created this account, hoping for the best.