New to Lemmy

You're free to make a new community if you want, but there are a couple things you could try first.

• you could contact the admins of the community instance and ask them if you can take over the dead community. A lot of times they'll say yes, and they just make you the mod. If the community is on lemmy.world you can just go to the !support@lemmy.world community and make a post saying "requesting (name of the community)" and they'll get back to you.
• another thing you could do is ask about it on the !comm_revival@lemmy.dbzer0.com (e: fixed link) community. That's where people point out dead communities and talk about how to bring them back. you may find other people who want to help you, or they may suggest another alternative like a better instance to start it on, or an existing community that is thriving

Once you've taken over a community, you should make sure it doesn't just die again. post there regularly and advertise it on the following locations:

• !communitypromo@lemmy.ca
• !newcommunities@discuss.online
• !newcommunities@lemmy.world
• any existing community that's kinda related, or has folks you think will like it Make sure you post and advertise it during times when a lot of people are on, so folks who browse "new" will see it.

Good luck! Feel free to ask around if you need more help!