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I hate the fact that everyone is on mainstream corporate platforms... (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 months ago by DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to c/casualconversation@piefed.social
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I wanna talk to other Overseas Chinese but they are all either on:

  • WeChat
    or
  • Reddit
    or
  • Discord
    or
  • Facebook Groups

Or some other evil corporate platform

WHYYYYY 😭

So sad... 🥺

idk where else to post this, I hope this is the right place to discuss this... this issue of normies all using authoritarian-controlled platforms...

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[–] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I think discord in particular would be a great place to recruit new users from, but i think one thing that could expediate the arrival of the specifoc people you want is to have communities they might find interesting.

So Maybe make a community specifically for chinese people/ about china, and post some stuff there (memes are pretty handy at getting people to stay on lemmy!)

That way when you ask people to join lemmy, you have a sales pitch in the form of existing communities they'd like.

Some selling points we have at the moment are:

  • dank memes
  • real people, minimal/zero AI
  • in depth conversations
  • Simplicity of site
  • quietness/peaceful (though what we're advocating for here seems to be to change that, which is also fine)
[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

We have a comm for Asian Diaspora here and have only like single digits of people actually of Asian descent lol...

and its so dead...

I don't think a Chinese comm would even have anyone...

[–] Saigon@quokk.au 7 points 3 months ago

and its so dead…

I keep posting there once a week, not sure how much more we can do until more people show up.

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 3 points 3 months ago

its so dead

A community is as dead as the people are willing (or not) to post and interact.

Forgot to mention it in my other reply, but interacting with posts that could attract Chinese speakers, or make them stay, also helps.