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[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Everyone wants lively communities, yet few people are willing to post.

Lemmy isn't big enough to have 1% of users be able to provide content to a passive 99%. If you want more of something, you need to make it happen. People naturally slowly become more willing to engage when there is activity, but there need to be people making a conscious effort to be the early adopters. If you want posts, make posts. It does much more good than asking why there are no posts.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Feel free to start one, and post

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Lemmy has a fairly small userbase so there aren't enough users for anything remotely niche. You'll want to subscribe to the biggest movie communities you can find rather than communities specifically for horror movies.

Note that there are often different versions of the same communities on different instances. That's by design but often throws new users off. Subscribe to them all.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Note that there are often different versions of the same communities on different instances. That's by design but often throws new users off. Subscribe to them all.

I would prefer to consolidate these communities, but I know it's not my call. Thankfully that's happening somewhat organically.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They were all killed by spooky ghosts

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'll get my fatal frame's camera obscura brb

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

I don't think the community here is large enough yet to support such niche topics in most cases. Better to have an active horror community to begin with, then split off of we ever get enough traction to warrant it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I think The Evil Dead is the most consistent horror franchise. Like Alien and The Exorcist have incredibly high highs but the lows are abhorrent.

Edit: misread your question lol

I think that the movies sub is a good place for horror. Yes, there are other genres there but we're in a golden age for horror films with A24 cranking out bangers. Horror always does well at the box office so you can pretty much be guaranteed a thread for each new release.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

You may have misread it, but I agree with you. Evil Dead is one of the most consistent horror universes out there. Army of Darkness is definitely my favorite. Give me some sugar, baby.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Isn't there a monster movie one? There a movie community. I'm sure there are some horror fans there. Broader categories can include niche topics while benefiting from the participation of a larger audience.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I guess it depends on the franchise... Hellraiser has a pretty sweet box set coming out later this year, that's an opportunity to start a discussion:

https://www.arrowvideo.com/4k/hellraiser-quartet-of-torment-pinhead-slipcase-limited-edition-4k-uhd/15463701.html

Anyone ever read the original or the sequel?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hellbound_Heart

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scarlet_Gospels

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I had no idea! Thanks for sharing.