I’m kind of stoked. @anon6789@lemmy.world and I have (at least temporarily) managed to revive what was a near-dead community, i.e. !animals@lemmy.world. The place had gotten about 5posts in the past year, but since we started contributing about a week and a half ago, it’s received 18 new posts from 5 different users, with every single post receiving quite a healthy number of likes.
You don’t see that too often.
The good news is that ‘anon’ works as a wildlife rescuer, so naturally enjoys sharing content and discussing animal facts. Myself, I’ve been a zoology hobbyist of sorts for decades, with a lot to discuss, and thousands of fun pics I’ve stashed over the years. My 3rd job ever was actually working at a major zoo (greenhouse dept). Anon’s the more frequent contributor, but I find myself posting pretty easily. We’ll see how it goes…
It’s been fun for me, as I naturally encounter so many great non-owls stories, but I feel many of them don’t fit the vibe of the other animal communities, so it’s been nice to have a place to share that stuff. Plus I do enjoy nearly every animal, so as much as I love the owls, it’s nice to talk about some other things now and again.
I have to find something to share today yet, working the clinic’s event all weekend pretty much had me go to bed when I got home, so I haven’t had time to look for any new topics, but I think I want to do pirhannas. I watched a neat video on them last night.
I like seeing the community get more active and not be a one-person show, and I hope the enthusiasm continues!
I’m kind of stoked. @anon6789@lemmy.world and I have (at least temporarily) managed to revive what was a near-dead community, i.e. !animals@lemmy.world. The place had gotten about 5posts in the past year, but since we started contributing about a week and a half ago, it’s received 18 new posts from 5 different users, with every single post receiving quite a healthy number of likes.
You don’t see that too often.
The good news is that ‘anon’ works as a wildlife rescuer, so naturally enjoys sharing content and discussing animal facts. Myself, I’ve been a zoology hobbyist of sorts for decades, with a lot to discuss, and thousands of fun pics I’ve stashed over the years. My 3rd job ever was actually working at a major zoo (greenhouse dept). Anon’s the more frequent contributor, but I find myself posting pretty easily. We’ll see how it goes…
It’s been fun for me, as I naturally encounter so many great non-owls stories, but I feel many of them don’t fit the vibe of the other animal communities, so it’s been nice to have a place to share that stuff. Plus I do enjoy nearly every animal, so as much as I love the owls, it’s nice to talk about some other things now and again.
I have to find something to share today yet, working the clinic’s event all weekend pretty much had me go to bed when I got home, so I haven’t had time to look for any new topics, but I think I want to do pirhannas. I watched a neat video on them last night.
I like seeing the community get more active and not be a one-person show, and I hope the enthusiasm continues!