You do, they just don’t see much activity and therefore people assume they do not exist.

Discoverability is becoming a big issue for niche communities within Lemmy.

I almost wish that the community model was more like a tag, and there was just one single “plumbing” for all instances, for example. I realize though that this idea raises hell for moderation/what do you do when someone takes over a name for hateful purposes/where does the sidebar exist/etc.

Having separate comms on separate instances just results in the biggest instance hosting all the communities; at what point is that any better than Reddit?