In my opinion, thinking about getting people on an instance is probably the wrong way to go about it. The miracle of federation means it doesn’t really matter who is on which instance anyway, and having more people on one instance does bring drawbacks (extra workload for the admin, extra muscle needed for the server, etc.).
What’s more important is managing to promote involvement in specific communities on this instance. Looking at Reddit, the really big UK centric subs were the main United Kingdom one, UK Politics, Casual UK, and the various location-specific ones. Trying to make sure that Feddit UK’s equivalents to these communities are popular and become the main Lemmy successors to these subs (as opposed to similar communities on the giant Lemmy instances) is the challenge.
Not that I have any answers on “how”, though. Keep posting content, participating in discussions, and upvoting. Also, if you have an account on one of the big instances too, make sure to subscribe to your Feddit UK communities on those accounts to make sure those servers are pulling the data accross, improving visibility for other users on those instances.
If we build it, they will come but we all need to help build it:
If you think there’s a need for a community then start it - you can always pass on the reins later on.
If you see something interesting then post, don’t wait for someone else to do it - numbers are still relatively low so there isn’t usually the scramble to post something there might be on Reddit.
If you have an account on another instance then subscribe to communities on here - it improves discoverability and drags the content over to that instance. I had to ask if a specific but niche community existed because search wasn’t showing it and it did exist, I just had to use the URL to drag it over here. So this is key.
If you see an opportunity to mention a community, them throw a link in.
If you start a new community post it here: !newcommunities@lemmy.world as it announces it to the wider Lemmiverse and should get subscribers from elsewhere.
There are various community directories that I list here, if a Feddit.uk community meets the criteria for inclusion (some are focused on Reddit equivalents to help migration) then add it. Again, don’t wait for someone else to do it as they might not.
On Atlas of the Fediverse I run self-promotion Sunday, so anyone can throw links in there old or new.
In my opinion, thinking about getting people on an instance is probably the wrong way to go about it. The miracle of federation means it doesn’t really matter who is on which instance anyway, and having more people on one instance does bring drawbacks (extra workload for the admin, extra muscle needed for the server, etc.).
What’s more important is managing to promote involvement in specific communities on this instance. Looking at Reddit, the really big UK centric subs were the main United Kingdom one, UK Politics, Casual UK, and the various location-specific ones. Trying to make sure that Feddit UK’s equivalents to these communities are popular and become the main Lemmy successors to these subs (as opposed to similar communities on the giant Lemmy instances) is the challenge.
Not that I have any answers on “how”, though. Keep posting content, participating in discussions, and upvoting. Also, if you have an account on one of the big instances too, make sure to subscribe to your Feddit UK communities on those accounts to make sure those servers are pulling the data accross, improving visibility for other users on those instances.
Pretty much this ^^^^
If we build it, they will come but we all need to help build it:
If you see an opportunity to mention a community, them throw a link in.
If you start a new community post it here: !newcommunities@lemmy.world as it announces it to the wider Lemmiverse and should get subscribers from elsewhere.
There are various community directories that I list here, if a Feddit.uk community meets the criteria for inclusion (some are focused on Reddit equivalents to help migration) then add it. Again, don’t wait for someone else to do it as they might not.
On Atlas of the Fediverse I run self-promotion Sunday, so anyone can throw links in there old or new.