Offering a bit of support as a fellow mod of a small kbin community and who has built them up from scratch in the past. I’ve been subbed for a bit and had some suggestions.
First, off - keep going. Your content is what draws potential contributors. It will feel like you’re dancing alone for awhile, but you dance beautifully and you’ve got a lot of support. It takes a while for folks to feel confident enough to contribute, and if there’s more content, they’ll feel less on the spot when they do submit content.
Secondly, reach out to people on the Fediverse that are posting similar content. Crosspost to your magazine and thank and credit them with an @. If they know they have a supportive community to post in, they’ll be more likely to participate.
Third, I’d suggest widening your focus from fashion to include music and art. This helps the visual and atmospheric appeal of your magazine, and integrates well with your fashion content as well as your magazine name. Plus, there are a lot of people, like me, who love the alt-goth culture and would like to post, but look horrible in fishnets.
Along those lines, to personalize your magazine a bit more, there’s a trick you can do in your mod settings to get a background image. In the css box in the appearance tab, use the following code:
Finally, frequency of posting is key - try to post multiple times a day to keep your feed fresh and your community engaged.
Don’t stop - you have an audience and they appreciate what you’re doing. The first few months are the hardest, but once it gets rolling (which it will if you keep going), it will be worth it.
hey thanks so much for this advice! yea, ive been posting on here from both my kbin acc and lemmy account, not a single other person has posted since it’s creation a month ago, im at 85 posts here. so i got a bit discouraged admittedly. i have shared this community on !newcommunities and i thiiiink @maghub. i didn’t really get any attention from that sadly.
the reason this is focused on fashion is because there is already a goth music mag and i felt like widening the fashion from dark alt (goth, punk, grunge, etc) to EVERY single fashion style that isn’t conventional was wide enough, that’s pretty much everything. as for the ‘looking horrible’ in fishnets thing, none of my posts are OC! i pull my content from pinterest. it doesn’t need to be yourself, just sharing cool fashion.
thanks for the advice on the customization, i already know css so thankfully i customize my mags to my hearts content but i don’t go overboard, because some people have said they dislike it, esp background images. so i limited it to the mag sidebar, not sure if you can see it? it’s pretty obvious, i may have had too much fun with the icon tho lol.
about frequency. yea, i did do that, i just got burnt out recently. i was posting everyday until i was literally rate limited trying to fill the content. and just, nothing came of it so far. i am truly shocked that this post randomly blew up, and i really dont know why. this is my 85th post and the only one who has gotten such attention. the audience you speak of was either pretty much nonexistent/lurking/or only existed since this post lol.
ill definitely consider starting to post again since now it seems more people have seen my mag and what ive been posting. thank you for taking the time to write this
Offering a bit of support as a fellow mod of a small kbin community and who has built them up from scratch in the past. I’ve been subbed for a bit and had some suggestions.
First, off - keep going. Your content is what draws potential contributors. It will feel like you’re dancing alone for awhile, but you dance beautifully and you’ve got a lot of support. It takes a while for folks to feel confident enough to contribute, and if there’s more content, they’ll feel less on the spot when they do submit content.
Secondly, reach out to people on the Fediverse that are posting similar content. Crosspost to your magazine and thank and credit them with an @. If they know they have a supportive community to post in, they’ll be more likely to participate.
Third, I’d suggest widening your focus from fashion to include music and art. This helps the visual and atmospheric appeal of your magazine, and integrates well with your fashion content as well as your magazine name. Plus, there are a lot of people, like me, who love the alt-goth culture and would like to post, but look horrible in fishnets.
Along those lines, to personalize your magazine a bit more, there’s a trick you can do in your mod settings to get a background image. In the css box in the appearance tab, use the following code:
#middle { background: url(https://[YOUR IMAGE HYPERLINK HERE].jpg) }Example in action - The 13th Floor
Finally, frequency of posting is key - try to post multiple times a day to keep your feed fresh and your community engaged.
Don’t stop - you have an audience and they appreciate what you’re doing. The first few months are the hardest, but once it gets rolling (which it will if you keep going), it will be worth it.
hey thanks so much for this advice! yea, ive been posting on here from both my kbin acc and lemmy account, not a single other person has posted since it’s creation a month ago, im at 85 posts here. so i got a bit discouraged admittedly. i have shared this community on !newcommunities and i thiiiink @maghub. i didn’t really get any attention from that sadly.
the reason this is focused on fashion is because there is already a goth music mag and i felt like widening the fashion from dark alt (goth, punk, grunge, etc) to EVERY single fashion style that isn’t conventional was wide enough, that’s pretty much everything. as for the ‘looking horrible’ in fishnets thing, none of my posts are OC! i pull my content from pinterest. it doesn’t need to be yourself, just sharing cool fashion.
thanks for the advice on the customization, i already know css so thankfully i customize my mags to my hearts content but i don’t go overboard, because some people have said they dislike it, esp background images. so i limited it to the mag sidebar, not sure if you can see it? it’s pretty obvious, i may have had too much fun with the icon tho lol.
about frequency. yea, i did do that, i just got burnt out recently. i was posting everyday until i was literally rate limited trying to fill the content. and just, nothing came of it so far. i am truly shocked that this post randomly blew up, and i really dont know why. this is my 85th post and the only one who has gotten such attention. the audience you speak of was either pretty much nonexistent/lurking/or only existed since this post lol.
ill definitely consider starting to post again since now it seems more people have seen my mag and what ive been posting. thank you for taking the time to write this