Something I miss from Reddit was that just about all my favorite games had their own subreddits. Like I happen to be a huge fan of Snowrunner but I don’t see any communities specifically about Snowrunner on Lemmy. But Elden Ring has a community on 2 instances with less than 100 subs total. I think the one hosted on Lemmy.world has 8 subs and 1 post. Elden Ring was game of the year in 2022!
I guess I just don’t see enough engagement on these dedicated communities to see the value in making my own Snowrunner community or any other game in general really.
Eventually we’ll get there, the only Mass Effect community is here and it’s basically just the moderator and I making content lol
Keep in mind that we are only seeing rexxitors that left during the protest at the moment. Once the changeover happens and third party apps go down we will see a bunch of additional traffic and users. Might as well get the community started for when that happens! Post memes and whatnot to the gaming communities and put your community in the body text so people can find it too. Gaming is huge on Lemmy just like reddit, and we will continue growing as the problems on reddit become acute in the following days.
Absolutely, but it’s tricky with a such a small user base. Most of the indie game subreddits didn’t have a lot of activity even there. The bigger ones like valheim didn’t even participate in the protest so nobody showed up here to make it, unlike gw2 and warframe that are somewhat active since they promoted this site on their subreddits.
So while I wish we had them, it might be too early, even the consolidated gaming magazines / communities don’t have that much activity going on.
You make a good point. The other thing is that the games’ publishers make those subs on Reddit. They’re for marketing more than anything else. Like the OP I miss the SnowRunner sub and I’ve only deleted my Reddit account today. That sub, although run by the publisher, is pretty chill. They let people criticize the game openly and it’s fun to see people’s screenshots and videos. They say they don’t like “low effort content” blah blah blah but they allow memes. I posted a reply to this same post on Lemmy. My response there is like yours: not enough users.
Do you think a single instance dedicated to hosting all the myriad game communities would be a good idea / take off? It’s something I was thinking about when I was first learning about how all this works.
Yes, please. The Animal Crossing sub was delightful and wholesome and the WoW sub had great guides. There are different genres that have different vibes and variety is the spice of life.
I’m conflicted. While I wish I could go to a targeted community for games I am playing, my experience with Reddit is that these end up being filled with shitposts and memes.
Yes, all of them. Like, every last one. Just need the userbase to populate them though. Start up a Starsector sub and you’ll probably get like 40 people at this point. A Suzerain sub would have like 2.
Anyone know if there is a consistent way to link to magazines/communities? [email protected] seems to be something I see, but doesn’t seem to work on kbin.
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: [email protected]
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Eventually we’ll get there, the only Mass Effect community is here and it’s basically just the moderator and I making content lol
Keep in mind that we are only seeing rexxitors that left during the protest at the moment. Once the changeover happens and third party apps go down we will see a bunch of additional traffic and users. Might as well get the community started for when that happens! Post memes and whatnot to the gaming communities and put your community in the body text so people can find it too. Gaming is huge on Lemmy just like reddit, and we will continue growing as the problems on reddit become acute in the following days.
Absolutely, but it’s tricky with a such a small user base. Most of the indie game subreddits didn’t have a lot of activity even there. The bigger ones like valheim didn’t even participate in the protest so nobody showed up here to make it, unlike gw2 and warframe that are somewhat active since they promoted this site on their subreddits.
So while I wish we had them, it might be too early, even the consolidated gaming magazines / communities don’t have that much activity going on.
You make a good point. The other thing is that the games’ publishers make those subs on Reddit. They’re for marketing more than anything else. Like the OP I miss the SnowRunner sub and I’ve only deleted my Reddit account today. That sub, although run by the publisher, is pretty chill. They let people criticize the game openly and it’s fun to see people’s screenshots and videos. They say they don’t like “low effort content” blah blah blah but they allow memes. I posted a reply to this same post on Lemmy. My response there is like yours: not enough users.
Do you think a single instance dedicated to hosting all the myriad game communities would be a good idea / take off? It’s something I was thinking about when I was first learning about how all this works.
someone get in there and plant this flag before fextralife does lol
Yes, please. The Animal Crossing sub was delightful and wholesome and the WoW sub had great guides. There are different genres that have different vibes and variety is the spice of life.
I’m conflicted. While I wish I could go to a targeted community for games I am playing, my experience with Reddit is that these end up being filled with shitposts and memes.
Yes. Bring on the shitposts. It’s what I’m here for.
bleh shitposts belong in meme subs
IMO only if you plan to be active there and post content to it.
As Lemmy continues to grow, individual game subs will begin to grow. Right now there are not enough users to sustain these individual communities.
Yes, all of them. Like, every last one. Just need the userbase to populate them though. Start up a Starsector sub and you’ll probably get like 40 people at this point. A Suzerain sub would have like 2.
I think so, yes. Made @DeusEx for this reason.
Anyone know if there is a consistent way to link to magazines/communities? [email protected] seems to be something I see, but doesn’t seem to work on kbin.
Edit: Neither does @DeusEx, strange. How about just [email protected]?
I think on kbin it would be @DeuxRex
Yes, absolutely. I think smaller niche communities should be encouraged whenever possible.
I think it depends on the game and community migration from reddit.
Deep Rock Galactic and Hunt: Showdown both seem to be picking up steam on their own communities in the fediverse.
I would love to see one for Valheim. I’m not sure if it doesn’t exist or if I’m just not searching right.