That would work for asking, but it wouldn't help if you wanted to discuss community specific things. For instance if I wanted to discuss the new Heroic lineup after Stabby imploded the previous core I can't just post this into gaming. People are going to look at it, think "what the fuck did I just read?" and ignore it. That post requires a CS2 community and that community doesn't exist yet. There have been attempts but it's never taken off.
I think such communities are important for growth because those are the communities of you stick around for. I probably wouldn't be on Lemmy if the Formula 1 community wasn't active here. General communities are great for a general news feed, but the "niche" communities are the glue that keep people together.
You think the gaming community doesn't have CS gamers?
See my other comment where I do just what you say you can't:
For example I wanted to know about HaikuOS. It’s an open source OS. There’s no community for it but I know Linux users are the most likely to know about it and the Linux community is huge.
That would work for asking, but it wouldn't help if you wanted to discuss community specific things. For instance if I wanted to discuss the new Heroic lineup after Stabby imploded the previous core I can't just post this into gaming. People are going to look at it, think "what the fuck did I just read?" and ignore it. That post requires a CS2 community and that community doesn't exist yet. There have been attempts but it's never taken off.
I think such communities are important for growth because those are the communities of you stick around for. I probably wouldn't be on Lemmy if the Formula 1 community wasn't active here. General communities are great for a general news feed, but the "niche" communities are the glue that keep people together.
You think the gaming community doesn't have CS gamers?
See my other comment where I do just what you say you can't: