this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2023
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I, like many here, have migrated over from reddit and trying to recreate all the subreddits I've been subscribed to. The ones I miss the most are personal finance and investing. I found this one but there doesn't seem to be much activity here?

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[–] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Communities have to be nurtured and tended. Start posting content and see whether it grows. Be prepared for it to take a while though. People are still exploring and finding all the books and crannies.

[–] lemming007@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess you're right, we need to actually post content for others to join. It's tough because I don't necessarily have anything to post right now, but it was nice to scroll through the subreddit to find new things in the personal finance topics.

[–] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I've come to realise that Reddit trained me to simply consume content rather than be an active participant in a community. This makes sense when you realise that they are selling advertising and have a small number of people who generate enough content for others to consume.

Lemmy is meant to be a community, so I'm finding I'm having to step up and actually contribute by way of commenting, posting and modding.

[–] DogMom@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yep, it's pretty quiet here. What areas of personal finance interest you most? What sort of conversations are you looking to have?

I got into the early retirement movement and subsequently optimizing my spending and investing. In general I like to talk about money matters because most people don't like to discuss money IRL.

[–] Tygr@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It will come alive as more switch to the fediverse. Just need patience. Reddit was once like this when Digg was massive.

[–] kevlarboxers@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Not dead. Hasn't been born yet.

[–] otherbarry@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not dead, just a bit quiet. Maybe just a lot of lurkers at the moment? It's actually the most active one in the Lemmy/Kbin fediverse.

I'm still new so for now I subbed to all the personal finance communities. From what I found (listed in order of most recent activity):

[–] hahattpro@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago