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What is a sub/community that you wish existed (actively) on Lemmy?

Maybe there are others like you and we can actually get it running, or maybe to already exists but you just don't know!

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[–] acme401@lemmy.world 3 points 58 minutes ago (1 children)

Jambands/Grateful Dead type stuff.

Yes I know there are groups out there, but no one is extremely active. I'll give it time: Weir Everywhere

[–] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 2 points 38 minutes ago

It's not dedicated to it, but I'm certain many of your favourite tracks would be welcome over at !psychedelicmusic@lemmy.world

Please.

I am begging you.

I know only psych-rock and I want so much more

[–] sihil@lemm.ee 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Psychonaut, DPH, heavymind, weirddalle, mspaint. All were once hidden gems of Reddit

[–] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 1 points 40 minutes ago

Between you and the person who wants jam band content, yes, slowly but surely my people are coming.

[–] Ribbons@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 hour ago

A nudist/naturist sub would be really nice, been missing out on events lately so at least chatting about it would help shake the feeling of isolation.

Also, a space for plural systems would be super appreciated. We wouldn't really know what to say in it but it's really cool meeting other systems and learning about them.

-Finn (fae/she)

[–] Korrok@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 hours ago

I'd love if the Dead by Daylight community was more active here

[–] ptc075@lemmy.zip 5 points 9 hours ago

Model railroading. Even on Reddit those subs weren't super active, but they at least existed.

Magic the Gathering. There's actually 3 here already, but somehow none of them really scratch the itch to just talk about deckbuilding. And again, the 3 that are here are fairly quiet. Just doesn't seem to be the critical mass needed.

DankChristianMemes. Was just fantastic. Perhaps the best 'neutral' ground I ever saw for Christians & Atheists to laugh at themselves & each other.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Without a doubt, it's Queens of League. It's an unhinged, thirsty gay mob shitposting about League of Legends.

[–] El_Scapacabra@lemmings.world 6 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

R/raisedbynarcissists for sure.

[–] suzie_t@aussie.zone 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Parent/Trying for pregnancy/pregnancy.

I found the pregnancy conversations on Reddit (while I was on Reddit is fun) to be much less toxic than on those discussion forums on pregnancy apps.

[–] Typewar@infosec.pub 4 points 10 hours ago

The small niche communities are the ones I'll probably never see again, like /r/reverseanimalrescue /r/TheNightFeeling /r/darknetplan

[–] Katrisia@lemm.ee 1 points 8 hours ago

Communities for news, papers, and general conversation around humanities and social sciences. Communities for underground music (e.g., goth music).

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 4 points 12 hours ago

Dad for a minute and internet parents! They were my favourite

[–] psion1369@lemmy.world 10 points 16 hours ago

I wouldn't mind some of the Random Acts to come over and be more active. Even though I never used it, I always thought the idea of the Random Acts of Pizza was a grand idea for those who are in need.

[–] LilaOrchideen@feddit.org 4 points 13 hours ago

modernquilts / modernquilting, I used to look in that R and ppl shared progress pictures and finished modern quilts. Was a great source of inspiration. #modernquilts on fedi/pixelfed is quite empty unfortunately

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Bionicle.

The Bionicle subreddit is very active, but there is no active alternative on Lemmy.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 hours ago

You can try posting about it on !lego@lemm.ee

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 12 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

/r/liberalgunowners was a favorite. Everyone was so nice and accepting. We'd answer the same noob questions all day, no problem. None of "MuH 2A!" crap, nobody bloodthirsty. Anyway, I could go on, but it was nice while it lasted.

[–] icecreamgnome@lemm.ee 2 points 2 hours ago

!liberalgunowners@lemmy.world It's still fairly new but a post on there also links to related lemmy communities

[–] tehmics@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago

That seems like a really important community to have here

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 points 12 hours ago

I miss my cheap knockoff watch sub r/ChinaTime

[–] MordercaSkurwysyn@lemm.ee 3 points 13 hours ago

I miss national and regional meme communities such as 2visegrad4u. Cultural and historical context makes the memes flow much better.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 10 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

A community for the car I own, no matter what it is. (With thousands of active members, of course.)

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

No what I mean is specific communities for specific cars. A community for 350Z owners. A community for S2000 owners, a community for Toyota 4Runner owners, etc.

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago

People there post about their specific cars and get some answers. No need for separate communities until the activity grows

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe not. Lemmy is very anti-car, it wouldn't take off here and would get massively downvoted.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 8 points 17 hours ago

I'm aware of that; doesn't mean that I can't still wish for it

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 32 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

More women-oriented communities would be great. Skincare, makeup, women's fitness, female health, nail polish, aging. I'd love that.

[–] britkatbar@lemm.ee 3 points 8 hours ago

Yes! Or fiber/needle arts! Im struggling to quit reddit because theres like 6 crochet posts over here T_T

[–] Lennnny@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago

Agree! I'd love to see more discussion around female health, not necessarily constructive but just bants about the 'gross' stuff, memes and complaints and stuff. The issue is that I'm a comment contributor more than a poster, as much as I try. So as much as I'd like to Be The Change, it really has to come from a lot of us posting and interacting.

[–] CephaloSquad@discuss.online 3 points 19 hours ago

A nail one would be great. Maybe we can make one.

[–] ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago

There's !maliciouscompliance@lemmy.world, but it's been dead for a while. I kinda miss reading those stories about assholes getting what they asked for.

Another that was fun reading occasionally was scambait, where people would fuck with scammers to waste as much of their time as possible. I don't know if there's anything like that on Lemmy.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 15 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

All of the individual games I play and not just the general "gaming" subs. Plenty of video game enthusiasts on Lemmy; not enough to geek out over specific games. Or at least... Not the ones I play.

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[–] Matombo@feddit.org 1 points 13 hours ago

Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game

[–] Sauvandu60@lemmy.ml 9 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I want lostmedia and unsolvermysteries communities to exist and be more active.

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 4 points 18 hours ago

Ah I'd love for unresolvedmysteries to exist in an active form!

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We don't have enough Linux discussion

[–] pebbles@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

Did you forget the /s?

[–] CephaloSquad@discuss.online 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I'm very new so I haven't explored much yet, but I wish there were more subcomminities of the communities, like for example on Reddit there's subreddits for metal, but also subreddits for specific artists within that.

Or how there's all the gaming communities but not many sub communities for specific games outside of maybe some of the larger games/game series.

I guess just more niche or deeper within a specific topic communities I'd say. But there may just not be enough people to go super specific with communities yet. Or I haven't found them yet.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 hours ago
[–] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 32 points 1 day ago (6 children)
[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 1 points 45 minutes ago

That really was the best of reddit.

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