For me it’s been communities like /r/buildapc, /r/buildapcforme, /r/buildapcsales, /r/gamedeals, and /r/consoledeals have been useful throughout the years.
I’d love to see more communities that cover topics outside of the usual STEM / STEM-adjacent / typical redditor interests. I was on another reddit-alternative a few years ago called tildes and it was … shockingly like a microcosm of reddit. Like, it’s hard to describe how narrowly-focused, how stereotypically reddit, the userbase’s interests are. STEM, anime, gaming.
The music, literature, humanities, environment, city life and so on communities are excellent starts in that direction. And, despite the fact I’ll never read anything there, the sports community is equally valuable for the same reason.
That said, something for tabletop games would be cool, too. Preferably something not D&D/MtG because we all know they completely take over every space they touch (like my FLGS… RIP).
Hello fellow ex-tildes user, I hope you find this place more welcoming and less STEM focused 😀
I KNEW I recognized your username from somewhere! :) It certainly seems so, thank you for the work you and others have put in :)
might have also been from Reddit, I’m an old bunny by this point ☠
No, it was definitely tildes :)
In that case, glad you found your way over here. My experiences on Tildes were important learning opportunities for me. I realized how much discussions for a community to interact with itself were a necessary part of keeping communities healthy
My experience there taught me that it’s impossible to get people interested in things if they don’t want to be, e.g. poetry / art. Also a learning experience :)
Same reason I stopped using Tildes lol. I liked many of the things Tildes brought to the table… but ultimately, it didn’t really offer anything different from Reddit
I would love to see something like r/AskHistorians. It’s my favorite sub by far, and something I have really seen anywhere else. It’s heavily moderated (in a good way), and the answers are all high quality and sourced. It’s pretty much why I held on to my reddit account as long as I have.
Definitely a good one.
I’d love to see communities about:
- crafting (fibre crafts like knitting and spinning in particular)
- classical music
- photography
- Latin
- history (r/askhistorians?)
- cats
- art
- cooking
- writing
- Star Trek
- menopause
- AuDHD
- birdwatching
- gardening
- reading
A knitting and crochet community, regardless if its separated or together as a unified fiber arts community would be a godsend
I found !knitting@lemmy.world trying to get off the ground. (hope I got that link formatting right)
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Knitting or a unified fiberarts would be fantastic.
For me, the real magic of Reddit was in hyperspecific niche communities full of hobbyist experts – or even professionals. Places like r/tolkienfans.
Unfortunately that is only possible when you have a very large user base; it’s the only thing still keeping me (a bit) on Reddit
Crafting communities! I love seeing what people make in r/crochet and r/Brochet and they also tend to have really welcoming and kind users :)
Beehaw’s “creative” community fits that description and looks pretty active:
https://beehaw.org/c/creativeI love those type of places. And the wikis people create have been so helpful when trying to start a new hobby.
Ooo this is a good question. There was a similar thread about Lemmy as a whole, but Beehaw has a bit different standards…
Honestly, maybe a retro technology community? Set to include both retro gaming and other aspects like retro computing and the like. I’m sure one could use the current tech community for this, but I think setting aside a retro version could be beneficial
Yes! This has always been my main use for Reddit, as a retro PC and console collector.
I’d like to see a book suggestion community with a decent number of requests. Something like r/booksuggestions or r/suggestmeabook. Most of what I did on Reddit was recommend books in response to requests.
I wouldn’t mind seeing a New England community, either. Or Massachusetts one. I’d start one up, but I don’t know if I could handle the moderation responsibilities!
CT here. I’d go in if you really wanna!
I’m in CT too. Let’s go!
Once I get back home next week I am going to start my own server for paganism/heathenry/animism
Let me know when you set it up, Îd love to join.
Saving your comment so I remember :)
Let me know when it’s set up so I can poke at it :)
Something social, and positive. Like r/roastme had a opposite one called r/toastme. Rather then burn and roast OP, you gave them compliments. It was a positive thing to see.
Oh yes please. Cheering people on, giving them a new lens in which to view themselves, or just a moment of attention all for themselves, brings me joy. Good suggestion. What would it take to make it?
Well, come to think of it. I guess we are making it right now. Just being here and being kind to what people share, and enjoying the moment of conversation.
Yes. I also liked the CongratsLikeImFive sub.
Sysadmin, networking, homelab
Begs the question. Is there a way to request a new community on beehaw?
!sysadmin@lemmy.ml Is gaining some traction
Thanks!. Found it just after the comment. There was a instance called infosec.pub the other day that seemed to have some promise. Seems down now as well.
Looks like infosec.pub is back online.
Yeah I sent the admin a note via dm and it was back this afternoon. I’m thinking just the web-ui was borked. Not sure. Also unsure if it was correlation or causation.
Nice, appreciate it. I wanted to check it out earlier but it was still offline. Your comment reminded me to check back.
Same here, it was nice to have a global water cooler to see what peoples experiences with various vendors tended to be, and just to hear what was going on.
Anime, for everything good and holy, please add anime lol
Surprised by this
Anime/manga, and maybe a collector spot? For figures, merch, any physical collections. :)
Might not be the most popular option but a shitposting sub along the lines of 196/197/19684 is the major one for me. Would also love to see a 3dprinting community, but I kinda think something along the lines of technical hobbies/niches are a best case scenario for new services joining the fediverse.
Ooh that is the kind of content that would really make me feel at home. We need a corner for stupid humor.
For sure! Though I might be mistaken but isn’t there already the humor one here? :o
True, but places like 19684 have a certain flavor of humor. It’s like absurdism had a baby with r/dank_memes while occasionally huffing brake cleaner. 😂
Beehaw isn’t ready for it yet as we need to get bigger, but eventually I could see it thriving here.
Haha yeah, that seems a pretty accurate gist of it. You’re right though, think its just a thing that will come with time and the number of folk start to necessitate subdividing things a little.
I very much appreciate the recommendation though!
Perhaps a community for people over 50. (Asking for a friend. Honestly.)
I’d join!
“Indie Products”- a place for people to nerd out about stuff made by small independent makers and for indie makers to find support maybe? I’m not a maker myself but I really enjoy buying from small businesses and finding out about cool products.
Oh this one’s a good one. I am always trying to find small independent businesses to use.
I’d really like to see a photography community pop up. Not necessarily a /fujifilm /leica community, but a general photography place for folks to share their snaps, and get advice about techniques and gear.
There’s one on Lemmy.
