No, seriously! If we want communist spaces on lemmygrad to grow, shouldn’t the communities engage in regular discussions threads on marxist theory and contemporary politics that will invite/attract users to the communities and help them clear their doubts and misunderstandings about different schools of Marxism? Even a weekly/ bi-weekly bookclub will be good.
One thing about Lemmy is that instances are more like subreddits, and communities are more like hashtags. Having one or two study threads per week is about the max an instance can realistically field while maintaining active discussion.
The chapotraphouse community on hexbear.net is like a proper subreddit. But on a second thought, it is kinda solo carrying the server. We need to strengthen lemmygrad by making the user base in multiple communities bigger and more active.
CTH is more like a general-purpose comm on Hexbear, the podcast isn’t really discussed much, plus the megathreads are where a lot of the activity is. Since instances are relatively small, a lot of people scroll by new or active, meaning comms can go months without a post yet gain a ton of traction. It’s like a sorting bucket more than an active community. For Hexbear, as an example, c/slop is pretty popular, and c/games is a nice community, it all depends on what people want to post.
The way to strengthen Lemmygrad is to use it, posting and commenting. It already does what it needs to do, and since there isn’t a profit-motive, growth isn’t the goal.