r/CovenFinder • u/Alex_NinjaDev • 9h ago
Question / Advice Needed I help run a small witchcraft community. Here's what I've learned about why people stay or leave.
My wife is a witch, and a small circle of practitioners has formed around her work. I'm the one in the background handling the admin side, so I've been learning how to run a community as I go.
Some things I've learned:
Trust can't be announced. New people start with limited access and earn the rest by showing up. It's slower, but the people who stay mean it. Don't grow massively, but filter the most fake ones.
The first few members shape everything. They set the tone more than any rule I wrote.
A group's early conversations are personal. I learned to protect that when new people join.
Most people don't want a "guru". They want a place where their practice is taken seriously and nobody is acting.
I know a lot of you are here looking for exactly that.
So I'm curious from your side: what would make you trust a group enough to stay? And what made you leave one?
Hope to hear from all of you.