I self-hosted an instance a when I got here a few days ago. The server costs me the same whether I use it or not, so I’d like to let as many people sign up as I can. I had a few people sign up already before join-lemmy.org was changed to require 5 monthly active users, but now my instance isn’t shown there because it’s below the limit.
Any idea on how to attract a dozen or so users so that I can show up on the main join-lemmy page again?
There are some curated lists that aim to promote smaller fediverse instances in particular: https://joinfediverse.wiki/Instances https://fedi.garden/about-this-site/ https://fediverse.party/en/portal/servers/ If the criteria fit, you can submit your instance there.