My guess would be dead communities that didn't really need to be made in the first place. Such as dead duplicates of already popular communities or communities made by people with no intention of keeping them active.

Never a bad thing to make a new community, just a shame how many dead ones there are. It is a lot of work to keep a community active.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago

[–] Tx8664@startrek.website 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I suppose I have seen a few niche topic communities in my short time already that haven't updated in a while. I imagine it's hard to get a user base big enough to get consistent posting like on Reddit as this is a relatively new type of platform.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

!communitypromo@lemmy.ca has a pinned post with active communities

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, a new instance is an unknown. Are we going to get another sopuli that brings all kinds of great users and content, or are we getting another hexbear where it's more trouble than it's worth?

You've got new communities popping up, and you can't predict what they'll be; could be a great thing, or it could be cartoon kiddie porn.

So, a new instance is always an interesting moment, where the potential is waiting to be unleashed.

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I made !dullsters@dullsters.net but it's somewhat a spinoff of !dull_mens_club@lemmy.world which I also created.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago

Welcome! A few pointers to help you settle in

Feel free if you have any questions

About the negative aspect, not sure, personally I always see new instances as a good news, except if they're overtly about hate speech.