I often browse /all, come across a post that looks interesting but I have no clue what’s it about, so I check the sidebar - and all I find is “An unofficial Lemmy community for X”, " A place to discuss everything about X", or the best kind, “A continuation of r/X from Reddit”.

Can’t people write just some basics? What is that thing, a TV show, a music band, a sports team, a tabletop game? Sometimes I really can’t tell even after looking at a few posts.

Your community may be of interest to someone who stumbles upon it, not only to diehard fans.

I know sometimes that’s the joke, but most times it would be simple to just use a few words. “Discuss X, a Zimbabwean spy-thriller public theatre show.” There we go, now everyone knows what it is.

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    1 year ago

    In case this is of any use to you or others, here’s what I’ve found to work well:

    1. Summary of what the community is about
    2. Community rules of conduct
    3. Links to related communities that offer similar content
    4. Some additional info/useful links that are related to the topic.

    Good formatting also makes it look clean and professional.

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