Look around to see if theres a community that already fills that niche. If there is, join it. If not, make it. If it doesn't get any traction you can just wipe it out.
this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2023
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ive looked for certain things and there are many things missing that would be interesting to add, so maybe ill add something...?
Go for it! Lemmy is very young compared to reddit, so lots of communities will be nonexistent til someone makes them.
What are your values, and are you interested in the work of building and running a community? If you did what would you want from your community?
Build it or not, you now know what you are looking for.
Im interested in building a group or a community but im not sure if i should start one or not becasue i lack motivation and i have depression...
something like this is not a bad way to try and deal with depression esp if you feel you are in a phase where you want to socialize with people more
would suggest starting a community on an existing instance rather than starting your own so you dont have to deal with the stress of a server op role too.
I've been in the same boat, wondering if it will just be more stress.
yeah ive been thinking of starting an nsfw gaming community or something, but idk if that a good idea or not and it might be hard to do and im still thinking it over.
FYI, there is lemmynsfw.com, you can maybe create it there
Pro: you get to define and cutivate it. Con: you have to attract people of a like mind and keep it on track. Given the Reddit influx, perhaps wait a bit and see whether (a) you sustain energy/interest, and (b) something similar pops up, or you drop onto chat communities and sound the waters? Just my 2ยข.