I would like to start a new community here on Hive. A place dedicated to rock, metal and alternative music. There is already a community called Heavy Metal, but it is now dead. There is this Music community, but it is too generic, and the most interesting posts get lost in the mass.
Me and my brother. I'm trying to get him here too
I don't know what to say, nor how to proceed... I think there aren't enough interested people here now for this type of community. Or even if there were, it is really difficult to reach every corner of Hive with the news of this new space and thus be able to gather all those that are interested.
The alternative for now would be to continue posting on Music while I work on gathering people from the web2 and bringing them to Hive somehow. I wish there was a way to filter the posts that I could find interesting in this community, because I admit, sometimes it is tiring and alienating to scroll through hundreds of posts looking for that alternative that really captures my interest.
Maybe creating a dedicated community, with the ability to also curate the best content, is more of a long-term goal. Also because in the meantime I have to learn and better understand how to set up, moderate and make an active and valuable community thrive.
If you've been following me for a while, you may have noticed my posts in the "The dark side" format. And even though I invite those who read to propose their own version, to talk about alternative music, no one has tried yet.
Anyway, from now on I will use my personal profile (not Harbiter) on Instagram and Tiktok to try to be a music influencer and talk about news in the music field. And from there, gradually gaining popularity (I hope) I will invite new people to Hive, people united by the passion for this music. They will probably all be Italians, since the contents that I will bring will be spoken in Italian. It doesn't matter. I do it because in Italy metal and rock are still very badly seen, covered in rust by a generation of old people who reject the new and do gatekeeping and poser shaming.
If you are a lover of alternative music, or even just rock music that isn't covered in a 20 years layer of dust, let's keep in touch. I will try to be more active and use my work as a music influencer on the web2 to transfer that content here on Hive in the form of a blog, and having people interested in that sort of content, engaging, sharing and making their own is what we need to build this.
I already know some people here that could be interested, but I don't wanna tag them, because it has to be a natural thing, spreading organically. But if you know someone who's into this, tag them, share these thoughts with them. If you have any thoughts or suggestions, let me know in the comments.
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