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Help retain users by discussing more than just politics
One of the things I feel like Lemmy is still missing or is under developed is the niche hobbyist and tech help communities. I'm referring to places users can go to ask questions and start to build up a knowledge base of sorts that people will find and reference. Kind of like how if you want to actually find useful information for something, you used to add "Reddit" to every search to get meaningful results. Hopefully, that can become Lemmy. Assuming of course search engines even index Lemmy well enough
One way to start could be just having people post small tutorials or solutions for popular problems or topics in respective communities. I know the internet has changed a lot but "back in the old days" that was a great way to get engagement going at least on tech forums.
Wouldn't that be closer to stackexchange?
Well not really, as I'm talking about any type of self-help content not just computers/tech. Any helpful content that people would be able to find vs just all news, politics and memes