1. Small communities are able to provide help in niche subjects that are otherwise overshadowed by larger communities. This is one of the main reasons why im a big fan of forums. If i have a problem with a specific piece of software i can go the forums and get help that is very specific. Meanwhile someone that goes to r/techsupport will need to provide much more information and have a bunch of back-n-forth until someone properly understands your situation enough to help. In a forum, there are far more qualified helpers. 2. Small communities are easier to find information. Similar to the last reason, reddit and other platforms are so massive, that if you look for information on something niche there is a good chance that that info exist, but due to the massive amount of information that exist, and the unpredictability of the search algorithm, It becomes a toss up to determine if you find what you want. 3. Small communities are censorship resistant. Unlike a large platform like twitter/X with moderation teams and bots and a algorithm that may make your post fall into obscurity with no views. Small platforms are often less hostile to content on their platform. Large services like twitter need to maintain their image so they are required to take down content that may make them look bad. Small communities wont censor you, or bury your content where itll never be found. 4. Small communities are REAL communities. Rather then a large community where you interact with complete strangers, you can meet people and visit them many times over your time that you spend on a small platform. This means you really get to know people, rather then just leave a comment on a random persons post, who you dont know. Social media is less social the more people there are. Small groups are better because you are able to commune with the same people over and over. 5. Small communities are immune from drama. Well not completely immune. But they dont have the constant drama that add stress to your life on normal social platforms. 6. Small communities are less commercialized. Meta is a very rich company, but the majority of their services are free. They make the money from the massive amounts of ads and tracking that they impose on their users. Small platforms are able to operate at lower cost meaning that they exist for a purpose OTHER then to generate profit. They exist to give the best experience for you. 7. Small communities are often in more depth then larger platforms. Large platforms dont want you to drive REAL engagement. The "engagement" that they want is you to quickly leave a like, the move on to the next post. Small communities dont care about that much, they want you to read their post, then comment suggestions, or feedback. They WANT you to have conversations. Meanwhile large platforms only want you to spend as much time as possible scrolling, rather then chatting, because the more you scroll, the more ads you see. Its not about how deep your conversations are, its about how much money you can generate for the large platform. We need more small platforms & to stop migrating everyone to a large service. Please visit the small communities you love more often, they provide more meaning to your life than a large media service will EVER be able to.