• ElectroVagrant@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      I think alongside trying to foster more upbeat/constructive communities, it may also help to have a mixture of novel/different posts and if relevant, helpful posts.

      For example, a few communities I’ve noticed are…

      !amateursatellites@lemmy.world

      !pocketknife@lemmy.world

      !wallpapers@lemmy.ca

      The first is definitely niche, second is maybe somewhere between, and the last benefits from being widely appealing, but what they each have in common is that there’s something different to come across from their posts. First is satellite imagery, second courtesy of a couple posters is some weirder pocket knives, and the last is more or less like pics but with a bonus of being a variety of images you could use on your phone or PC.

      A tricky part with each of these so far has been that despite some upvotes, you may not see posts from them too often depending on your sort setting as they don’t often draw too many comments to each post.

        • all4one@lemmy.zipEnglish
          0·
          2 months ago

          My biggest issue here as well. Can’t find new communities and then when I do join I never see them in my algo.

            • Microw@lemm.eeEnglish
              4·
              2 months ago

              Scaled subscribed feed works for me to show most of the niche communities I sub to

              • Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
                3·
                2 months ago

                Top 6 should show them. Are you sure the communities federate correctly with your instance? Have a look at them on their home instance, then from your instance, and see if posts are missing.

                If yes, copy the link of the missing post, and paste it into the search bar. It should then appear and “unblock” the federation