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Community Promo @lemmy.ca Madbrad200 @lemmy.world 4mo ago

A list of casual communities on Lemmy (that aren't just tech news or politics)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2216085

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Searching Lemmyverse is good for finding communities. !trendingcommunities@feddit.nl is also a nice tool for finding new places.

I posted this on the other site but I thought I'd copy over here too, lots of good communities around to subscribe to if you want a more casual/fun frontpage that isn't just tech news, elon musk, or politics.

note: all of these communities have posts. If they appear empty, it simply means nobody on the instance you use has visited them before (or you might have blocked them and forgot, I've done it before, lol)! I will try to keep this thread updated over time.

Note: if you wish to auto-subscribe to all of the communities below, I have a post in the comments that describes how to do so.

--- My rough criterion was:

Of interest to me or a wide audience
Has a decent amount of activity
Casual / fun / interesting / cool / funny / chatty communities.
0 negativity/negative vibes, news, politics, overload of tech or niche tech news/info, etc.

--- Directory

Conversation Communities - for chatty places
- "ask" based
- Casual chat / Misc
Hobbies, Creative, Passions
- Misc
- Artwork
- Cooking, food, drinks
- Gardening / Plants
- Keyboard enthusiasts
- Knitting, stitching, crocheting, etc
- Reading and writing
Nice/Interesting/Funny pictures
- Animals
- Comics
- Flags
- Maps
- Memes
- Misc
- Photography
- Wallpapers
Games
- Board games / Table top games
- Chess
- Crosswords / Daily games
- Video games
Knowledge (e.g history, science, etc)
Space
TV (television, movies, film)
Music

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Conversation communities

These are places that are 'chatty', good if you want a lot of comments.

"ask" based

!asklemmy@lemmy.ml
!asklemmy@lemmy.world
!askmeanything@lemmy.ca
!askouija@lemmy.world
!askscience@lemmy.world
!askuk@feddit.uk
!nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

Casual chat / Misc

!cafe@monyet.cc - casual chat community. Worth noting that the instance (and likely most users) are Malaysian.
!casualconversation@lemm.ee
!edc@sopuli.xyz (chat about things you carry everyday)
!frugal@lemmy.world
!mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
!nostalgia@lemmy.ca
!showerthoughts@lemmy.world
!streetwear@lemmy.world
!ukcasual@lemmy.world
!yurop@lemm.ee

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Hobbies, Creative, Passions

Misc

!3dprinting@lemmy.world
!faceting@lemmy.world (gemstone cutting)
!imadethis@lemm.ee
!lego@lemmy.world
!tabletopminis@lemmy.world
!wetshaving@sub.wetshaving.social
!woodworking@lemmy.ca

Artwork

(see also the list under the Wallpapers header)

!ai_art@lemmy.world
!albumartporn@lemmy.world
!artshare@lemmy.world - for artists to share their own work, more amateur than the others
!artporn@lemm.ee
!apocalypticart@discuss.tchncs.de
!cybermoe@ani.social
!digitalart@lemmy.world
!imageai@sh.itjust.works
!imaginary@reddthat.com
!imaginarycosmere@sffa.community
!imaginarydragons@leminal.space
!imaginarystarships@lemmy.world
!imaginarywarhammer@lemmy.world
!hobbit_art@hobbit.world - Lord of the Rings/Hobbit related art
!psychedelic_artwork@psychedelia.ink
!traditional_art@lemmy.world

Cooking, food, drinks

!castiron@lemmy.world
!cocktails@lemmy.world
!coffee@lemmy.world
!cooking@lemmy.world
!espresso@infosec.pub
!homebrewing@sopuli.xyz
!recipes@feddit.uk
!sourdough@lemmy.world
!veganrecipes@sh.itjust.works

Generally mostly nice pics of food:

!cooking_with_fire@feddit.uk
!foodporn@lemmy.world
!homecooks@vegantheoryclub.org

Gardening / Plants

!gardening@lemmy.world
!houseplants@mander.xyz
!mushrooms@lemmy.world
!mycology@mander.xyz
!succulents@midwest.social

Keyboard enthusiasts

!ergomechkeyboards@lemmy.world
!mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml

Knitting, Stitching, Crocheting, etc

!amigurumi@lemmy.world
!crochet@lemmy.ca
!knitting@lemmy.world
!lemmy_stitch@sh.itjust.works
!sewing@lemmy.world
!sewingrepairing@sh.itjust.works
!quilting@lemmy.world

Reading and Writing

!books@lemmy.ml
!comics@lemmy.ml
!comicbooks@lemmy.world
!eurographicnovels@lemm.ee
!keepwriting@lemmy.world
!writingprompts@lemmy.world

Sport

Honestly there are so many sport communities around - if you search Lemmyverse for popular sports, you will almost certainly find more.

!squaredcircle@lemmy.zip

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Nice/Interesting/Funny pictures

Animals

Literally just pictures of cute animals.

!aww@lemmy.ml
!aww@lemmy.world
!awwnverts@lemmy.world
!bats@lemmy.world
!beebutts@lemmy.world
!birding@lemmy.world
!bugmenagerie@possumpat.io
!bugs@lemmy.world
!cat@lemmy.world
!cats@midwest.social
!dogs@lemmy.world
!foxes@lemmy.world
!illegallysmolcats@lemmy.world
!quackers@lemmy.world
!squirrels@lemmy.ca
!superbowl@lemmy.world
!spiders@lemmy.world
!wildlifephotography@lemmy.world

Comics

!comicstrips@lemmy.world
!cyanideandhappiness@lemm.ee
!nathanwpyle@lemmy.world
!thefarside@sh.itjust.works
!unix_surrealism@lemmy.sdf.org
!xkcd@lemmy.world

Flags

!vexillology@lemmy.world

Maps

!map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

Memes

Meme communities in general can overload your feed, so keep that in mind.

!196@lemmy.blahaj.zone (lgbt memes)
!adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com
!animalswithjobs@lemmy.world
!anime_irl@ani.social
!animemes@ani.social
!antiquememesroadshow@lemmy.world
!best_of_mastodon@sh.itjust.works
!bikinibottomtwitter@lemmy.world
!boneappletea@lemmy.world
!chevron7@lemmy.world (stargate memes)
!curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works
!dnd_memes@lemmy.world
!fakehistoryporn@lemmy.world
!foundsatan@lemmy.world
!funny@sh.itjust.works
!funny@lemmy.ml
!funny@lemmy.world
!greentext@sh.itjust.works
!grimdank@lemmy.world
!historymemes@kbin.social
!lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world
!lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
!lotrmemes@midwest.social
!me_irl@lemmy.world
!memes@midwest.social
!memes@lemmy.ml
!memes@lemmy.world
!memes@sopuli.xyz
!memes@feddit.uk (uk memes)
!meow_irl@sopuli.xyz
!metalmemes@lemmy.world (metal music memes)
!microblogmemes@lemmy.world
!okmatewanker@feddit.uk
!programmer_humor@programming.dev
!raccoons@lemmy.world
!relationshipmemes@lemmyis.fun
!risa@startrek.website (star trek memes)
!rpgmemes@ttrpg.network
!science_memes@mander.xyz
!simpsonsshitposting@sh.itjust.works
!starwarsmemes@lemmy.world
!tenforward@lemmy.world (star trek memes)
!tumblr@lemmy.world
!trippinthroughtime@lemmy.ca
!witchymemes@lemmy.world

Misc

!badrealestate@feddit.uk - awful real estate photos, has a decent amount of comments
!tails@lemmon.website - posts from Mastodon users. Mostly memes and funny pics.

Photography

!abandonedporn@reddthat.com
!abstractphotography@lemmy.ml
!accidentalrenaissance@lemmy.blahaj.zone
!analog@lemmy.world - really cool photography pics
!bewowed@lemmy.dbzer0.com
!castles@lemm.ee
!cozy_places@lemmy.world
!earthporn@lemmy.ml
!hiking@lemmy.world
!natures_patterns@lemmy.world
!oldschoolcool@lemmy.world
!pics@lemmy.world
!streetphotography@lemmy.world
!travelphotography@lemmy.world

Wallpapers

!animewallpapers@ani.social
!mobilewallpaper@lemmy.world
!wallpapers@lemmy.world
!wallpapers@lemmy.ca

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Games

Board Games / Table top games

The ttrpg.network instance has a lot of communities based around table top gaming & RPGs.

!boardgames@feddit.de
!dnd@lemmy.world
!dndnext@ttrpg.network
!jrpg@lemmy.zip
!osr@lemm.ee
!rpg@ttrpg.network

Chess

!anarchychess@sopuli.xyz (funny chess)
!Chess@lemmy.ml

Crosswords / Daily games

!crossword@lemmy.world (daily crosswords)
!dailygames@lemmy.zip

Video Games

!dosgaming@retrolemmy.com
!games@lemmy.world
!gaming@lemmy.ml
!gaming@lemmy.zip
!nintendo@lemmy.world
!patientgamers@sh.itjust.works (more conversation based than the others)
!pcgaming@lemmy.ca
!pixeldungeon@lemmy.world
!pokemon@lemmy.ml
!retrogaming@lemmy.world
!steam@lemmy.ml
!steamdeck@lemmy.ml (more news based)
!steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
!virtualreality@lemmy.world

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Knowledge (e.g history, science)

!archaeology@mander.xyz
!biodiversity@mander.xyz
!digitalbioacoustics@lemmy.world
!history@lemmy.world
!historyporn@lemmy.world
!interestingasfuck@lemm.ee
!interestingasfuck@lemmy.world
!longreads@sh.itjust.works
!palaeontology@mander.xyz
!science@lemmy.ml
!science@lemmy.world
!til@lemmy.world
!wikipedia@lemmy.world

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Space

!astronomy@mander.xyz
!astrophotography@lemmy.world
!perseverancerover@lemmy.world
!space@lemmy.world

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TV (television), movies, film

!anime@lemmy.ml
!bluey@lemmy.world
!bmoviebonanza@lemmy.world
!futurama@lemmy.world
!marvelstudios@lemmy.world
!movies@lemm.ee
!movies@lemmy.world
!moviesandtv@lemm.ee
!moviesuggestions@lemmy.world
!television@lemmy.world
!quarks@startrek.website
!scifi@kbin.social
!sciencefiction@lemmy.world (note: covers science fiction across media, e.g games, tv, books, etc)
!startrek@startrek.website
!star_wars@lemmy.world

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Music

Lots of music communities on Lemmy. Search Lemmyverse for genres of interest for more, this definitely isn't exhaustive.

Note that music communities generally have low comment counts, from my experience.

I made a fuller list of British music genres/communities/artists here (e.g grime, dnb, jungle, uk hh, idm, rock/metal/punk, etc)

There's also:

!80smusic@lemmy.world
!90smusic@lemmy.world
!classicrock@lemmy.world
!dancehall@lemmy.world
!guitars@lemmy.world
!guitarpedals@lemmy.world
!hiphopheads@sopuli.xyz
!kpop@lemmy.world
!music@lemmy.world
!popheads@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
!ska@lemmy.blahaj.zone
!thelyricsgame@lemmy.ca
!vgmusic@lemmy.world

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These communities have been removed from the list for not maintaining activity.

spoiler

!AccidentalRenaissance@kbin.social
!amoledbackgrounds@lemmy.world
!asktheworld@lemm.ee
!apocalypticart@feddit.de (migrated to !apocalypticart@discuss.tchncs.de)
!battlemaps@lemmy.world
!battlemaps@sh.itjust.works
!battlemaps@ttrpg.network
!cats@lemmy.world
!casualconversation@lemmy.world (migrated to !casualconversation@lemm.ee)
!cyberpunk@lemmy.villa-straylight.social
!dailydoseofcute@lemmy.world
!daystrominstitute@startrek.website
!deserts@lemmy.world
!dollhouse@lemmy.world
!earthporn@lemmy.world
!filmposterporn@lemmy.world (community was deleted/removed)
!fountainpens@wayfarershaven.eu
!gardening@thegarden.land
!gatze@feddit.de
!giftofgaming@lemmy.world
!greentext@lemmy.ml
!history@kbin.social
!HistoryArtifacts@kbin.social
!illegallysmolbirbs@mander.xyz
!interesting@feddit.de
!jellyfish@lemmy.world
!jwst@lemmy.world
!lasercutting@lemm.ee
!moviesandtv@lemmy.film
!nature@lemmy.world
!occultmemes@lemmy.world
!oddlyspecificplaylists@sh.itjust.works
!old_maps@mander.xyz
!pf2general@pathfinder.social
!pictures@aussie.zone
!pixelpassport@lemm.ee
!pottery@lemmy.world
!raining@sh.itjust.works
!ramen@lemmy.world
!reclaimedbynature@lemmy.world
!reggae@lemmy.world
!rpggreentext@ttrpg.network
!shiba@lemmy.world
!sideoftheroad@possumpat.io
!space@kbin.social
!spacepics@lemmy.world
!SquaredCircle@kbin.social (migrated to !squaredcircle@lemmy.zip)
!strassenfotografie@feddit.de
!stonermemes@lemmy.beyondcombustion.net
!veganhomecooks@lemmy.world (migrated to !homecooks@vegantheoryclub.org)
!undergroundhiphop@lemmy.world
!weddings@lemmy.world

New Communities @lemmy.world freamon @endlesstalk.org 8mo ago

Tails: A Place on Lemmy for Mastodon Posts

Given the shared underlying protocol, I didn't like that if I saw something interesting on Mastodon, and wanted to post it on Lemmy, I'd have to screenshot it and/or re-attribute it to me rather than the original author.

Tails is an experimental community. Instead of announcing just what a Lemmy user has posted, it announces what a Fediverse actor has posted. This means that, so far, it's featured posts from Mastodon accounts like Mr Lovenstein, warsandpeas, George Takei, Low Quality Facts, and other interesting people. Lemmy users have been able to reply to the author, and have also replied to those other Mastodon accounts that responded.

You can see for yourself at !tails@lemmon.website

(the usual rules apply: if you're the first person on your instance to do this, you'll likely get a blank screen or an error. Wait 10 secs or so, press refresh, and you should have it).

Best of Mastodon @sh.itjust.works freamon @endlesstalk.org 8mo ago

The real DnD fantasy ... [evacide@hachyderm.io]

The real fantasy element of Dungeons & Dragons is pretending that you have a group of friends who all get along with each other and can manage to meet regularly for four hours at a time.

(Originally published on hachyderm.io: 2024-02-04)

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cross-posted from !tails@lemmon.website - a lemmy community that natively features mastodon posts (and their replies) so we're not using screenshots, and lemmy users have the opportunity to respond to the original author.

edit: I realise now that the cross-link won't show up correctly, 'cos no-one on sh.itjust.works is subbed to tails, but if anyone ever does, I'll try again with a different post.

Gifs @lemmy.world freamon @lemmy.world 8mo ago

How to pick up women [Some_Emo_Chick@mastodon.social]

See the cross-post on !tails@lemmon.website to upvote and respond to the original author

New Communities @lemmy.world Madbrad200 @lemmy.world 1y ago

A list of casual communities on Lemmy (that aren't just tech news or politics)

Searching Lemmyverse is good for finding communities. !trendingcommunities@feddit.nl is also a nice tool for finding new places.

Note: if you wish to auto-subscribe to all of the communities below, I have a post in the comments that describes how to do so.

--- My rough criterion was:

Of interest to me or a wide audience
Has a decent amount of activity
Casual / fun / interesting / cool / funny / chatty communities.
0 negativity/negative vibes, news, politics, overload of tech or niche tech news/info, etc.

--- Directory

Conversation Communities - for chatty places
- "ask" based
- Casual chat / Misc
Hobbies, Creative, Passions
- Misc
- Artwork
- Cooking, food, drinks
- Gardening / Plants
- Keyboard enthusiasts
- Knitting, stitching, crocheting, etc
- Reading and writing
Nice/Interesting/Funny pictures
- Animals
- Comics
- Flags
- Maps
- Memes
- Misc
- Photography
- Wallpapers
Games
- Board games / Table top games
- Chess
- Crosswords / Daily games
- Video games
Knowledge (e.g history, science, etc)
Space
TV (television, movies, film)
Music

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