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Here's the thing: I'm on lemmy.world, and there's already a community about Analog Horror called "!analoghorror@lemmy.federated.club." I've posted there frequently over the past year. However, subscriber and vote engagement are quite low (ofk is not about the likes but i enjoy to have a minimum ammount of people checking the comunity posts to discuss a bit in the comment). Also the community mod seems to not be around anymore. Now I had a similar situation with another horror group before and since I've started my version on lemmy.world I was indeed able to find a small but active group of subscribers. Should I do the same? Would you be interested in this?

Btw.

Analog horror is a subgenre of horror fiction and an offshoot of the found footage film genre, said to have originated online during the late 2000s and early 2010s with web series such as No Through Road, Local 58, Gemini Home Entertainment, and Marble Hornet.

UPDATE - THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS HERE'S THE LINK:

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[–] sentientity@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago

Yes. Not personally familiar with analog horror, but I am of the opinion that the answer to “should I start a thing based on my niche interest” should (almost) always be yes.