What are some reddit communities you wish to see live and more active on lemmy?
I personally can't wait to see communities like r/hiphopheads, r/internetisbeautiful, r/listentothis, r/battlestations... join lemmy and become as active as they are on reddit. what are some of y'all fav?
I'm surprised nobody mentioned my absolute fav /r/askhistorians
Please PLEASE get this one up and running! That place is a treasure trove of information. So much so, they should have their own website while maintaining a lemmy domain. That info should be disseminated across multiple platforms so it isn't lost.
r/AskScience too
Ask Science exists! It's on the lemmy.world instance
And it needs to be well modded.
I miss women centric subs, especially thes ones with a mix of posts that foster discussion, memes, and support such as witchesvspatriarchy
Best of redditor updates because I want my stories lol
Specific subs for shows because I like reading episode discussions, often someone catches something I missed that gives more context or they catch clues and foreshadowing. Theories too. Or just seeing if anyone else had same thoughts I did! I think it will be a long time before lemmy is big enough to be close to that, and will probably only be newer shows.
Also just the sheer volume of content produced every day. I'll hold strong though and not give reddit any traffic. Reddit was fantastic as a lurker, posting most anywhere large felt like whispering into a void. Lemmy is great for actually participating, I think it will be a long time yet until it's as fun for lurking.
Same here - I hope more female-oriented communities get going. WitchesVsPatriarchy, TrollXChromosomes, and all the chaos of the Netflix Cinematic Universe reality shows were a blast on Reddit.
I have found !witchymemes@lemmy.world so far!
Thank you that is a great start! I have quite a few saved memes to start contributing as well. It doesn't seem quite the same so I hope we have something else soon. I would be a terrible mod and still confused by most of this fediverse thing otherwise I would make what I want to see.
You aren't the first to mention the women-central communities. I did start !heronebag@wayfarershaven.eu but I'm not sure what else to start and even if I'm the right person to mod it - it would probably need a team. Any ideas or suggestions? What kind of community would you like to visit?
Slightly related: someone needs to organize a celebrity AMA on Lemmy to let people know that there’s a new sheriff in town (or something like that).
I just want to see enough folks from some of the gaming communities move over: (Most of these have small communities already, I just want growth!)
2007scape for the memes
Satisfactory for the incredible creativity
Nomanssky for the same reason ^
Forzahorizon for the weekly challenge discussions and screenshots
FFXIV for the community ‘vibe’
Really any game with a fun online community, these are just a few of the ones I enjoy.
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Yeah, Satisfactory for sure and satisfactoryporn for the incredible builds
/r/resume was great, as well /r/cscareeradvice, and really any career centric subs. Being able to bounce career questions off of others is an absolute gold mine of information that only serves to forward the field.
I'd hope they come here but get a refresh. /r/cscareeradvice was basically just a circlejerk of you have to grind leetcode and work at faang or you're useless.
Very true, pretty indicative of the whole industry though. I'm glad I'm already in it, especially in a good position as a software engineer, but after $1k spent in certifications, ~600 resumes sent out, and completely revamping my LinkedIn, etc. It almost feels like you really do have to have worked at FAANG as a senior engineer to even be noticed.
It's all way too gatekeepy as a whole.
Normalnudes
IntermittentFasting
NoSleep
Written erotica, any of them.
The general "Music" and "Movie" threads because I did discover stuff on them as well as being able to suggest stuff.
But have been satisfied with some of these that are still small but growing - curlyhair, science fiction, cocktails (mine now), fermentation and sourdough. And overall happy to give up the faster moving subs and be here for the beginning time.
Non-English subs. They are starting but it will take a while to catch up.
I haven't seen Photoshopbattles yet in my community perusing. Def one of my faves.
The anime and manga communities are totally silent on Lemmy. Would be great if we can have some weeb juice flowing here as well.
Yeah I really just want those for the discussion threads and news
For me, sports communities. Game day threads are a blast.
So much this! Plus being able to discuss a free agent pickup or trade. I need that back.
The other communities i miss were my local state and city.
Also, just to throw this out there for anyone who isn't aware; some fine folks have made a site where you can search for communities across all instances. Check it out!
I fail to comprehend why there's no community dedicated to "Rock" music. This network, after all, was named after one of the most iconic rock stars of our era...
My ultimate guilty pleasure -- gossip and snark communities.
Seriously, what am I supposed to mindlessly read during lunch now?
I loved AmItheAsshole. I know 99% of them are fake, but it was a great way to pass the time. Though, maybe I need less of that snap-judgement type content in my life.
The women’s communities. Everything from trollx to girlgamers to tallgirls
I also miss femdomcommunity because it’s one of the few sensible kink communities on the internet
This! Lemmy feels like such a sausage party right now.
Yeah like I can appreciate that it’s nowhere near as misogynistic as old Reddit was, but also I just want more women here
Excuse me, I identify as a hotdog
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/r/cptsd !cptsd@lemmy.ml
Edit: also
/r/fixit or alike
!homeimprovement@lemmy.world
/r/FindAReddit
/r/WowThisSubExists
!wowthislemmyexists@lemmy.ca
/r/ActLikeYouBelong !!
I miss it too. There is https://lemmy.world/c/cptsd@lemmy.ml
It's not as active, of course, but that will come with time. The best thing you can do is help build the community.
Aw yes, thankyou! :)
I wish there there were more parenting comms. You have a few low activity general parenting comms and a surprising amount of healthy dad comms (go dads!), but you don't have the break outs. I guess I'll shill my instance where I'm hoping more parents will pop up to
There are some more, but those are the ages I have kids in lol.
Health-related communities, particularly those for specific medical conditions. Those are the communities that really become a lifeline for people, help them through diagnoses or just difficult times, and can serve as an excellent resource. I was active on r/diabetes_t1 on Reddit and am trying to get a community started here on Lenny.world (!T1diabetes).
Second this! It was great hearing the different treatments people tried, doctor recommendations… having that safe space to feel sorry for oneself about the side effects or symptoms. I could see it happening here when Lemmy grows in numbers a bit.
Agreed. I found an asthma one so I’m trying to be active there every day. I need to find endometriosis, bunions, gastric surgery 😂. I’m a total crock health wise and these chats help
Arts (Printmaking, Graffiti, sculpture, calligraphy, typography, design), and all the SFW porn subs.
Also, I'm really amazed that https://lemmy.world/c/sourdough is already quite active.
they do have some good starters in that sub
r/hardcore, r/bodybuilding, and r/steroids are the ones I'm missing the most. Instagram is my only source for hardcore punk now. I second r/hiphopheads too! I wish I had the time to moderate so I could start them myself.
I don't mean to be a Debbie downer but even I have trouble enjoying Lemmy because of some of it's problems/quirks. I don't think it'll be anywhere near as popular as alternatives with those problems present. I hate it but that's how I feel. I hope it gets better
Like what problems(network errors?), and what do you prefer?
Pages not loading or error'ing out, general usability stuff, like pictures in the feed snapping back to small/icon size causing the feed to jump around, posts opening in the same window and going back takes me all the way to the top/start of my feed, the confusion around interoperability between instances (can I just log in with my account on another instance? Do i need a new account?), etc.
I'm on mobile, so maybe that's a large part of my complaint, but when ya come from Reddit, it's hard to not see things Reddit does well that you miss.
It's also very likely some of this is simply user error, I am not an expert, but I feel like if it's confusing or not intuitive for me, then it's probably room for improvement.
Edit: Idk what changes were made in the most recent update to Lemmy but a lot of my complaints here no longer appear to me occurring, so that's great news!!
Which alternatives do you recommend? I've tried a few but most seem to have issues as well, or in case of Tildes, are invite only
If there is something you want, create it. Lemmy is new, and there are not a ton of people posting. Someone will need to do it first.
I'd love to! I wanted to create a greyhounds community but couldn't figure out how to do so after Jerboa updated.
r/babyelephantgifs
/r/CombatFootage and specifically the Ukraine War subs.
Yes! Those are the only way I've been able to get real-time info!
Yup. The only thing I am still doing on Reddit is following the Ukraine threads. So far the only discussions I've found on Lemmy have been about 90% Tankie brain rot.
r/writtingprompts by far my favorite community of all time and I hope it makes a resurgence
Other ones would be r/the10thdentist, r/nottheonion and r/askhistorians (they probably will never join since they have their own website to fall back own if it all goest to shit)
Lastly r/manga, I said this one as separate because I have seen a few but the community is not there yet, especially lacking features like what are you reading this month and at MOST having 15 subscribers
I think there's already a couple writing prompts instances, you can search for them. They popped up when I searched for general writing instances to follow.
Tip of my tongue.
Some of the jokes were nice - with the best laughs coming from the replies and the bad puns.
did you hear about the guy who stole a calendar? He got 12 months! Talk about a timely heist!
Worst pun I can do. That'll be 200 schrute bucks.
Interesting, one of my least favorite things about reddit was all of the low-effort joke replies. I could happily go the rest of my life without seeing another pun.
Over obsessing with puns is a recognised psychological issue...
At school, I remember the time I was jealous of our 'class clown' who was genuinely pretty hilarious every time he opened his mouth and extremely popular (especially with the girls). The worst thing to do is to try to emulate that (go home, study a ton of jokes... I'm sure everyone did that at some stage).
I think one of the lessons I worked hard to teach my son is that you shouldn't make an effort to be funny, because that's mostly just four-king annoying. Since then, his jokes come less frequently - but with higher hit-rates.
But for sure, Reddit seems to have an average mentality of 6 to 12.
The worst trap to get into is to try to make jokes about unemployed people - because they never work.
Lemmy needs more comics
r/wicked_edge, r/nosurf, r/meditation
WickedEdge already exists on this platform, but it's not active and doesn't have the same community. These niche communities will not be the same as those on Reddit since many of the people are normies and don't care at all about Reddit's shitty platform. I would open some communities on my own, but I'm not an expert in these fields, like for example in shaving, and I couldn't be of any help for other people.
r/intp. Also miss the active python and data analysis subs, I know there are python communities here but they seem quiet.
r/therewasanattempt
Bestofredditorupdates
Soccer
Noncredibledefense
The music production ones r/ableton r/audioengineering r/mixingandmastering r/maschine
yes add to the list: r/musicmaking, r/headphones, r/audiophiles, r/indieheads, r/WeAreTheMusicMakers, r/drumkits, r/bandcamp, r/vintageobsecura and I'll be the happiest kid lurking around here
I simultaneously want a headphones comm because I love headphones, and don't want a headphones comm because I need to stop fucking buying headphones.
Lemmy.film has a headphones community but it’s just starting out.
There's 2 smaller instances specifically for musicians. I would keep an eye on their communities.
lemmy.studio
waveform.social
Both have an Ableton /c, but not much content yet
/dragonsfuckingcars and /r/carsfuckingdragons I just need them to exist
/r/spacex
I sorely miss /r/PCGaming.
I know there are a few on here and I am going to try to post on them to try to get it going. Still a long way to go though.
It'll take time.
LinkedinLunatics, IAmTheMainCharacter for time wasting
Jobs, UKJobs for job search
Recrutinghell to know I'm not the only one in the hellhole
Soccer (activities are non existent here), BoxOffice, Entertainment, etc. for fun
Yes, I absolutely loved listentothis. I think it was sort of losing user interaction towards the end but it was so great to comb through previous years to find great music.
We should definitely get another one up and running!
I'll really miss the location specific subreddits, those were super useful when travelling to find stuff only local redditors knew about. It helped get you off the beaten path.
I liked to browse /r/cd_collectors and /r/fragrance
I liked seeing /r/witchesVSpatriarchy on /r/All, but I never really followed them.
Edit: spelling.
Ideally all of the weird niche ones, like cheesemaking, niche japanese exclusive video games, and local ( city/regional) subs to name a few.
r/tekken is sorely missed. Same applies for r/starcraft. I guess there is a com for StarCraft, but it seems quite dead.
A lot of the broader interest subs I followed have either migrated over or have local equilvalents.
I had a couple niche ones I miss. I work in hospitality so talesfromthefrontdesk is definitely one I miss, and I haven't seen a good version here as of yet.
Specific game subs are not as popular here yet, but honestly I am not sure how much I really need that. Rimworld is probably the only game I keep coming back to often enough to justify it, and I largely use discord for that. Only thing I use discord for really.
I'm going to do my best to get /r/AcademicBiblical over in some fashion.
/r/credibledefense /r/zizek
Specific game subs like /r/victoria3 or /r/slaythespire
Those video subs that show crazy stuff
/r/terrifyingasfuck /r/crazyfuckingvideos /r/fightporn etc
If anyone knows a lemmy/kbin community that's similar I'd appreciate a share
r/jeopardy, especially if former contestants are involved in the community like they are on Reddit.
AreTheStraightsOk and AreTheCisOk
Kustom - I had just started messing about with KLWP and building my own background when all this kicked off. There is a Discord but the sub was easier to search and see solutions and formulas.
humor
It's one of the biggest subs on Reddit, but having trouble taking off here.
Same thing for every single-game community. Dota's deserted. Also things like patientgamers is lowering in activity.
!dota2@lemm.ee is kept alive by me. Come join if you don't want it to be as deserted :)
Most game communities sucked anyway. They just got filled with useless self highlight clips and not actual content.
Bandnames
Cyanotypes
Disneyvacation
Freecompliments
Genx
Interestingasfuck
Piratemetal
Selfawarewolves
Workreform
I already formed the !disneyvacation@lemmy.world a while ago but it really isn't that active unfortunately.
I'm pending subscribe now!
Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !disneyvacation@lemmy.world
Hoping !jailbreak@lemmy.ml becomes more active