Is it better to find a niche or to create a community of sorts and how do both work exactly, so i created my account not to long ago and most places feel dead in a way but if i created my own place its not like i would get many people and i have some ideas but there kinda dumb or “Spicey” to say or somehting like that. im not even sure if i have the motivation to create and manage a community.

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    1 year ago

    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.

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      1 year ago

      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…

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          1 year ago

          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.

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            Moderating NSFW content compounds the usual issues you need to deal with. I would sit back and see how the fediverse adapts to itself, and then it’ll be more obvious what the right move is. I think there will be a disjoint NSFW-verse for instance, but we’ll see. It could be a several weeks or even months before things get established though.

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              We need more moderation tooling at every level, it should be easy to present a sfw default presences, let users search and pick NSFW then have it just for them on thier subs and all.

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            1 year ago

            That might be a difficult one to start, as a lot of Lemmy servers don’t allow NSFW content. Best of luck. :)

            I’d say don’t be afraid to give it a shot, but be realistic with your view of its effect on you. If it helps, great! If not, don’t be afraid of abandoning it or handing it off. Gotta do what’s best for you in the end.

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        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.