What community would you like to see more active on Lemmy?
I suspect most people aren't subbing/following communities on Lemmy. So post the community or topic you want to see pop off. And reader(that's you) if you are interested in that community click the link and follow it.
πLet's π start π coordinating π people.
I think we need to get away from the short format brain rot media that is so popular today, like TikTok and Twitter/X. And light novels are familiar and approachable. Often, people have already seen the anime or seen the manga.
For that matter, even !manga@ani.social could use more activity, and manga is even more approachable than light novels.
I recently started reading a lot of the LNs that are on "catch up" at a website called j-novel club, and it's gotten me to enjoy reading novels more.
Also, the Ascendance of a Bookworm light novel is one of my favorite things I've ever read. It's a pretty long one at 33 volumes, though.
I went there hoping to discuss korean web novels and they don't allow it.
No idea why
No idea why
Because they are by definition different things. Close in style, sure, but so are YA novels.
Coming as a reddit refugee I just replicated their definition when creating the community. And I still feel the same way since it's not a general "novel" community. If there's a popular demand I'll loose the restrictions.
I think we need to get away from the short format brain rot media that is so popular today, like TikTok and Twitter/X.
As Myne in the sidebar states: "Y'all better start reading more books!" :)
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Youβve done a great job of propping it up. Sorry you havenβt gotten more help.
I donβt really belong there as a poster but have always enjoyed it as a reader.
Yeah, it's frustrating to be in that position. Some communities I can post to, but some I only have comments to contribute.
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Havenβt seen writingprompts in a while, really liked that one.
Short answer: All of them.
My Community Wish List:
Creative Communities
!creativecasserole@lemmy.world - All things creative to share
!collaborativewriting@lemmy.ca - Team up with someone or a group of people and write something together.
!writing_lounge@literature.cafe - A casual space for writers to talk, post, or discuss anything.
Educational/Informative Communities
!internetisbeautiful@piefed.social
Positive News Communities
!goodnewseveryone@piefed.social
Humor/Funny Communities
!contagiouslaughter@sh.itjust.works
!standupcomedy@lemmy.world - Watch Comedy
!standupshots@lemmy.world - Read Comedy
!atbge@lemmy.world - a.k.a. Awful Taste But Great Execution
!cybersecuritymemes@lemmy.world
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If you have a dog and haven't posted it in a babushka yet.. Why not?
We need more activity over there. I hope to make a post or two soon, but it's sad only seeing a couple new posts before seeing things from months ago. C'mon 3D artists!!! Where ya at?
I'll sub to that. Been meaning to get more in to blender
Welcome in!ππ
Also:
Perhaps some consolidation might be warranted here?
Kind of wish the mass effect community was more active. NGL I kind of ended up hating the subreddit after awhile so no idea what to expect from folks on Lemmy but seems like it'd be better based on other communities I've joined.
mine, but that is fine because its a niche topic.
I'd like more discussion in stock market or economy communities.
Same
Fuck Russia and their American agents.
I'd like to see a community for cool stuff happening in NYC.
I'd like to see more stuff for organizing protests and resistance, also for the NYC area.
I know. Biggest city in the country but we barely connect with each other on Lemmy. Anywhere in particular other than !nyc@voxpop.social ?
Same but for the Los Angeles area. There is one but it's dead.
I'm mildly proud of the fact that the Mini Apple has a more active community than the Big Apple, lol.
!MSP@midwest.social, and I'm like half of that activity and it's pretty dead. Make it, post, and maybe you'll have more luck, but local communities are tough given the small userbase.
(We also have a Democratic Socialist running for mayor, good luck to both Mamdani and Fateh!)
I think a lot of people got really mad at some admin or moderator at midwest.social and hence a lot of people moved off it. Canβt recall why though
Shameless self-promotion: !anniversaries@sopuli.xyz
It's like "On This Day", "This Day in History", etc. I'm currently the only poster but I don't mind, I enjoy regularly looking for interesting anniversaries.
Post anniversaries on any topic you feel like; even personal anniversaries are allowed!
When I first stumbled into Lemmy I kinda gravitated to the medical communities, but from day one they've all been pretty dead. Just added a couple more subs now prompted by this thread to see if there was an active one. Here's what I've got in my collection:
!medical_professionals@midwest.social
...sorted all of them by Top: Month, and there are a grand total of maybe 20 posts spread over only three of the communities. One of those three only showed a single post; and a pretty even split on the remaining two. The rest of them were empty. It's spread way too thin: I've only run into a few other medical peeps here on Lemmy - we don't have 12 communities worth of material.
I kinda wish we'd merge them... which I know goes against the grain of how the fediverse is supposed to operate.
!medicine@mander.xyz and !health@lemmy.world were the two most active ones. Mander.xyz seems like a better home for medical talk, but the rules in the sidebar are far too strict for a community this size. !health@lemmy.world seems the best at the moment.
...and I'm 100% part of the problem I'm whining about. Outside of a couple introduction posts and questions for the community, I haven't posted anything there either. I should.
This is great! I think the ones that get more subs will generally rise to the top and people will start congregating there.
I'm seeing a bunch of upvotes on peoples comments here. I'm hoping that those people are also subbing to the communities they see in here.
I'm gonna try to remember to post this kind of question maybe once a month and over time we'll get communities popping off.
most of them are on reddit, and probably unaware that lemmy exists, plus there are still medical based forums out there too. probably hard to see out of the 50k users, which one will ask a medical based issue.
I kinda wish weβd merge themβ¦ which I know goes against the grain of how the fediverse is supposed to operate.
Not necessarily:
One of the advantages of a decentralized platform like Lemmy is the ability to create parallel communities on the same topic. βYou donβt like how a community is being moderated? Go to another instance and start your own community!β (with or without blackjack and hookers)
However, this is a double-edged sword. The creation of multiple communities on the same (or similar) topics can also fragment the userbase, leading to very sparsely populated communities.
I think it only makes sense to have multiple communities on the same topic if each version serves a specific niche or has a unique moderation style. I think most of the examples you've given would be suitable for consolidation into two or three communities.
More info on consolidating communities in the pinned thread on !fedigrow@lemmy.zip.
What are your thoughts?
!DIYMentalHealth@lemmy.dbzer0.com
I'm trying to start a mental health support community that's skills based to hopefully help people who can't afford or otherwise access professional therapy.
Here's the wiki (the main page has a quickstart guide if you're looking for some things you can do today even just to maybe help stabilize yourself a little)
Here's a specific list of ways you can get involved with growing this community
Music theory and conlangs. There are several conlang communities - but they're all on life support (or worse).
One can dream
Scifi short stories are the only reason I go to Reddit anymore.
I think I did that right?
Lemmy already superseded my expectations with how active it is. That being said, I would love the following to see more action (although I'm mostly lurking there myself):
!nba@lemmy.world - Loved the discussions on Reddit. As a European, it's not easy to follow the games, so that was a great way to stay up to date.
!criticalrole@lemmy.world - Mostly carried by /u/Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zone, whose updates are chef's kiss
!quackers@lemmy.world - No explanation needed.
I canβt interact with the crit role community. Is it locked? Am I banned?
I want to read more !shittymoviedetails@lemmy.world please!
!kitchenconfidential@lemm.ee I miss venting with a bunch of other cooks on reddit, but unfortunately this community is pretty inactive.
Are you aware that lemm.ee shut down? Any communities will need to be recreated on another instance.
!mahjong@lemmy.nerdcore.social
I think I might be the only person here who plays...
Nerdcore.social. Ha! Sounds like i need to peruse that instance.
Is anyone else getting usenet vibes with this domain structure? I wonder if there's anything we can learn from that past experience that we aren't doing with lemmy right now. I wonder how many people were active on usenet in its heyday, and are hanging out on lemmy now.
Oh man, this is a cool feeling. It feels like fresh air after 20 years of using all those other corporate run sites. We have a future to look forward to, because the now is pretty chill with you lemmings!
you forgot the "!" before the link
One of the most well-intentioned and reasonable spaces to discuss this type of stuff I've found, but posts are not frequent.
https://leminal.space/c/Sidehustle. I seem to be the only one who joined after seeing it in new communities. I don't have much to contribute to it just yet as sonebody who wants to have a side hustle but isnt ready to start planning but i was hoping it might kick off with some discussions and info i could start absorbing from in the meantime.
I tried to go to it, but it came up with an error page.
Sorry im bad at lemmying still, !sidehustles@leminal.space does that work? Maybe the community already died and i can only see it through my local one?
I π want π more π girl π content π
To be clear - I am talking about stereotypically "female" subjects, not about the gender itself, and I hope it goes without saying that I want people of all genders to be part of it. Some topics over on reddit are full of guys, NBs, and everyone else, but are what a bigoted 90s teacher would call "female" topics. I want more stuff of what that 90s teacher would call "girly" stuff.
I mean, something like a makeup community. Maybe skincare and fashion. Cleaning tips. Pre and post and peri pregnancy content. The parenting community on lemmy is super quiet. There is a sewing community but it is rather quiet too. I haven't found a mending focused community yet. Boy there even isn't a sailor moon community, like π come on
I'm horrible in creating any content tho, so uhm, not sure I should be complaining.
Girl, you gotta post!.. Maybe this fits the bill ? !lemmy_stitch@sh.itjust.works
You can also rally up the gals over at
!womensstuff@piefed.blahaj.zone
Or !witchesvspatriarchy@lemmy.ca to start a periodic diacussion thread over those topics you propose? Or just post a thread and see how it goes?
Lastly... You are welcome to post in !artshare@lemmy.world I feel the userbase needs more women , so do a lil sketch and join us there!
Reddit allowed us to be ultra passive, but here contributing is almost mandatory, otherwise the communities just die...
Thank you so much!! I wish I had more stuff to post but I'll try π« I think the guilt tripping is working
Thank you!
DJs! I can't be the only one on Lemmy, but the community is completely dead.
!guitarporn@sfw.community is basically dead, though I am as guilty anyone of not posting more.
!reallyshittycopper@lemmy.world has seen some posts lately but I wish it was more active.
!autoracing@crazypeople.online for motorsports.
!autoracing@crazypeople.online for motorsports.
I've been working on a bot to help with serving content to that community but it isn't ready for deployment yet. Once it's finished there should be a lot more content being posted more regularly there, but I want to do more testing and tuning before enabling it to make sure it's not doing more harm than good.
πLetβs π start π coordinating π people.
Subbed thanks!
You'll probably see it there, but there are only a few people who will persistently try to grow a community, week after week.
Reading the comments here, it seems like a lot of people would like their niche community to be active, but we have to acknowledge that with our current userbase, more general communities are already struggling to stay active, so niche ones are even harder.
Example: !movies@piefed.social is kept up active by less than 5 active posters, and that's a generic community about movies.
!cooking@lemmy.world is probably good enough for all types of cooking, you get the idea.
If Lenny were less complicated to understand I would!
Mostly my local related communities !india@lemmy.ml but unfortunately it is no longer moderated.
!india@Piefed.social is still moderated And not on .ml, but smallish because it just moved over there (needed to move over from !india@lemm.ee because of .ee shutdown)
I know with lemmy.world you can ask the instance admins to become a mod of that sub, if you want you could try to do that. Or create a sub on your own instance
!cooking_with_fire@feddit.uk
!recipes@feddit.uk
!runequest_glorantha@feddit.uk
Basically the subs I mod. It would be awesome to see anyone new add content.
!weeviltime@sh.itjust.works all you have to do is post weevil images and I will love you
I'm a fan of these kinds of games, especially Smash Melee. Since leaving Reddit and Twitter, I feel pretty disconnected from them.
I'm trying to learn Japanese as a hobby, and it's slightly unfortunate that there's not much of a community for it here. I think the first two kinda split the userbase by having slightly different focus, preventing a definitive one spot. The third one is decently active though, mostly thanks to just a handful of people. The effort makes a big difference.
And I wanted to add, in general, I think communities here often work better at higher levels. Like in the examples from my post, smashbros is better than just the ssbm community. fgc, more realistic than communities for individual fighting games. Languagelearning > individual language communities, to an extent.
Since the Lemmy user base is small, I think zooming out is helpful. This place isn't Reddit and it doesn't work to try and replicate it 1-to1.
whatis this thing communities, certain online games still has a community on reddit but not lemmy(not the generalized game discussion).
location specific communities, but that doesnt seem to be large here lemmy, and ones that arnt overtaken by conservatives, gatekeeper and astroturfers.
I suspect there are a decent amount of people from major cities on here. If you start one of these asklemmy threads saying 'hey any people from tokyo here' and then in the text field just out a tokyo specific community address in there and say let's congregate here. You'll prolly get 20 people. This community has 11k MAU which is large enough to get a lil something going I'd think.
I wish people shared their projects and hobbies more
if you want to make posts that regularly get over 50 and sometimes over 100 upvotes, start posting to !truecomics@midwest.social. Look here to find new comics to post: https://lemmy.world/post/17836648/12653544
Guitars. Reddit has numerous active, friendly, supportive guitar forums. Lemmy doesn't have a single one.
Guitars@lemmy.world is good. I just asked about fretboard oil yesterday and got like 30 comments.
The Yogscast community for one. That's what I sought out here first, and it's dead as the desert.
I miss the From Software fanbase on reddit. there's a few here but they're spread thin and horribly inactive
If anyone is interested in 3D printing, bookbinding, cosplay, crochet, knitting and more⦠This post has links to hobby-related communities:
https://lemmy.world/c/gothindustrial has been resurrected and we are slowly growing. It's not just about music. We include arts, interviews, stories, etc. We are an inclusive community.
The dropout community would be nice to circle jerk with. But I really miss my knock off cheap Chinese fake watch sub. I tried to post to it here but my post got deleted and the sublemmy shut down soon after.
The new Jakob ep of gamechanger was a good time. That being said, I also don't appreciate how they pushed a player(jess?) to tears(happy tears) in her emotional episode in a way earlier season. Weird lil grey zone I haven't seen explored elsewhere.
I'm very conflicted. But I keep watching.
You wanna feel conflicted? Watch the Greg O'Brien and Aly Beardsley show about paying off their student loans. That was legit reality TV.
!eurographicnovels@piefed.social replaced the lemm.ze version
Childfree.
The Reddit sub is quite active, but the Lemmy one is a ghost town.
Nascar. I rarely see posts.
I also would like to see less bots reposting reddit. Like the Formula 1 and PC Master Race ones are just reddit posts.
I feel like the Formula 1 community is fairly active with quite a bit of actual discussion going on?
Cring communities that reddit has
I wish there was more MotoGP and motorcycle content in general....
https://lemmy.world/c/standupshots One of my favorites from reddit but so quiet here
Not one community specifically, but I really wish that communities about sports - specifically American football - were more active. I really miss that from the other place.
I am doing my best to get activity going on the nfl and lacrosse instances.
https://lemmy.zip/c/lacrosse@lemmy.world
https://lemmy.zip/c/nfl@fanaticus.social
Iβll try to start contributing to the NFL community.
The NBA community (!nba@lemmy.world) is small but decently active. We had live game threads for the playoffs but it was like 5 people commenting lol. It was still fun though, and hopefully it grows more.
That's how we get it started. 5 people active on live game thread leads people to see 'oh, when it's live there is a group hanging out here' next time you'll have 7 then 12 then 30. Keep it up!
That's the one sub I'll still peek in now and then. Especially since my guys won it this year. Lol.
Thunder up!