I will check those. I am using both Linux and macOS, I never use my phone to write anything. Hopefully there will be such an app with Crossposting on one or the other.
There actually is a way, I updated my last reply as you were replying.
Something I am slowly realizing too. I commented quite a lot on reddit, like I have started doing on Lemmy, but starting a conversation? Well, I rarely think any of my questions/ideas are worth discussing and I normally don’t bother. But I’m learning ;)
I think people have to get used to the idea of it being ok to make a space for themselves in the fediverse. I think a lot of people probably feel like they are using someone else’s resources and don’t want to cause trouble, ask a silly thing, be a burden, or maybe don’t even understand that they’re allowed to make communities. They only engage with what’s already there but compared to reddit where so much was already going by the time a lot of people made it there, the fediverse can feel rather empty.
The sad truth is that many of these communities will take months of effort by a single or small group of individuals before more people will join in. It means you really need to be into the topic or the community will end up like the one you are trying to revive. Some people find that discouraging but it’s time that can be used to fine tune the community and its content. With a little luck and a lot of effort you’ll find more people interested in the same thing to keep things going when you’re lacking in motivation or content.
It can be frustrating and arduous but when you start seeing the votes, posts, and comments come in it’s all worth it.
I haven’t felt the need to broaden my footprint in the fediverse beyond Lemmy. You are definitely correct that the interaction of the various services could be improved. Time will tell if they grow together or further apart.
There are some using Lemmy itself as blogging software. It can be as simple as a community with posts restricted to moderators (you) or as much as an entire instance dedicated to a blog. The sky is really the limit and users are coming up with (I think) some use cases that even the devs didn’t see coming.