Back with newsgroups the general rule was to go from general to specific. You start with a general discussion group and when discussions about video games get annoying you create a games group. If then there are too many Baldur’s Gate discussions you create BG. If they are dominated by Baldur’s Gate 3 you create a Baldur’s Gate 3 group. If everyone is fawning over Withers you create a Withers group which of course will be flooded with discussion about the Withers’ tits mod, which shall get its own group.

Meaning you should create a group when demand is there and not the other way around.

  • Blaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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    3 days ago

    When communities get big enough they splinter.

    The issue is that community don’t get big enough because people want to replicate the niche communities from the get-go, without ensuring a sufficient user base for the niche