It may be a federation/caching thing. I know that if you’re the first on your instance, that posts don’t show up until the first person subscribes or something like that.
I do love that I’m getting voted down for trying to make it busier to try and get more real people, because network effect is a thing. I get it, we want more actual human engagement, but some of these communities, 2 years in, have single-digit active members, on subs with 70k on That R Site.
I’ve considered using a script to post more often, so that the quieter communities don’t seem like a wasteland. More posts= more engagement = more human posts
What’s also great is that there are a fair number of famous stories by famous sci-if authors. Hell, Heinlein and Bradbury are 4 of the first 10 episodes!
Thanks for sharing this. Tempted to post the “least crazy Republican” guide from /r/dfw