Communities and Stuff

[cydonianmystery]

I see a lot of communities I'd be interested in joining, but many of them haven't had any activity in several years. Is there a point in trying to revive, dare I say necro, an old community, or would it be better to just start a new one from scratch?

I mean, maybe old communities could be revived if a lot more people come over here from Tumblr, but I'm just trying to get a grasp on the local etiquette.

Comments

[rush_keating]

I don't know the etiquette of this place either but I suspect that if you necro'd an old community, the former regulars and admins of that community might be happy it is getting more traffic, which might encourage them to post again. Meanwhile, if you create a new community, they might see it as competition, which would make migration to your community among established users harder.

[typerare]

i'd love to know this myself!

[arcanetrivia]

Definitely at least attempt revival. Posting something will drive it up the list of recently-active accounts in interest searches (e.g. https://www.dreamwidth.org/interests?int=fandom) and promoing it someplace like dw_community_promo while the iron is hot might actually work to attract some fresh blood. And as a last resort rather than starting a new comm, if a mod doesn't seem to be very interested in one they maintain (like if their personal account hasn't been active in a while), you could ask if they would like you to take it over.