As Congress considers changes to the Medicaid program as part of the budget debate, relatively few (17%) in the public say they want to see a reduction in Medicaid spending, with larger shares saying they want spending to stay about the same (40%) or increase (42%), a new KFF Health Tracking Poll finds. Support for…More
Most Support Adding Work Requirements to Medicaid, but Views Shift with Arguments Made for and Against
Not at the moment. Seems pretty similar to Reddit except for a smaller user base and community-controlled. Going to take some adjusting that the subs I used to spend all of my time on have almost no members.
At the risk of giving unsolicited advice, I find that you get a lot of people willing to discuss things if you post in a general community related to the topic.
For example instead of posting in an empty sub for a specific video game or sports team, there’s /c/gaming or /c/baseball that have people who are happy to chat.
If you’re willing I have found that regularly contributing to a community, even if it’s just you, will lead to others participating sooner than you may expect.
That advice about broader topics is also good however. Niche communities aren’t generally necessary until the broader ones become too flooded.
You’re welcome. Any questions about Lemmy or fedi in general?
Not at the moment. Seems pretty similar to Reddit except for a smaller user base and community-controlled. Going to take some adjusting that the subs I used to spend all of my time on have almost no members.
At the risk of giving unsolicited advice, I find that you get a lot of people willing to discuss things if you post in a general community related to the topic.
For example instead of posting in an empty sub for a specific video game or sports team, there’s /c/gaming or /c/baseball that have people who are happy to chat.
If you’re willing I have found that regularly contributing to a community, even if it’s just you, will lead to others participating sooner than you may expect.
That advice about broader topics is also good however. Niche communities aren’t generally necessary until the broader ones become too flooded.
Edit: unless focused on a hyper-niche, with tight focus, such as [email protected] or [email protected]
(Disclosure: I created both examples.