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I'm surprised to find there are no adult subs popping up.
I hit up my brother in law who is involved in the adult industry and he is going to spin up an instance that's super ok with adult content in the next day or so.
Let's face it, without porn tumbler disappeared, and I think Reddit will too when it bans anything nsfw
This is the dev run instance, and we don't have time to moderate that.
Isn't this the overarching problem with lemmy just in general though? I mean, I'm loving it here, but without GOOD moderation any community, no matter where or how it's hosted, can become very bad very quickly. I'm not blaming you all at all!! I completely understand where you're coming from, but this is the same scaling issues that mastadon faces right? Is there any idea about how to address this?
Thank you for your (brother’s) service 🫡
This might be controversial, but I think the TwoX communities need space here. Don’t make them automatically appear on the front page, and hopefully their creators and moderators have the tools to keep them space but yeah, this site needs spaces like TwoXSex, TwoXChromosomes, TwoXPreppers, Beyondthebump, Mommit, Childfree, etc. I’m new here but didn’t find any of those on initial glance and like a great bar, you need women to show up and be seen/heard. Give them a safe space (see my comment on moderation tools) to transition to and I bet Lemmy would get lots of people to switch.
Also, to echo another person, we need a “master” list of communities, at least the umbrella ones. For instance /plants could be the umbrella for /botany, /trees, /gardening, etc.
Lastly, this site needs porn. Hear me out before you start judging. Nothing drives technology usage like porn. VHS and digital video are both huge because of porn driving widespread adoption. PornHub needs to spin up a server for its infinite catalog which ensures they get paid but also that minors aren’t being exploited.
Oh, feature Request, some kind of incognito mode in the mobile apps which lets people view NSFW media without it being in their history. Also the app should disable built-in messaging options while in that mode to ensure fewer bad decisions and bad outcomes from accidental texts of disabled midget porn to various contacts. Just an idea I had.
Maybe we can skip naming the women's communities after chromosomes this time around. TheGirlSurvivalGuide is another good subreddit to reference as far as nice women's support content. From what I recall, that support group gained in popularity after TwoXChromosomes was made a default subreddit.
Personally, I could do without the porn. I don't think every website needs to include porn. There are lots of other places to go for that content. So much of it features abuse of women and honestly it's quite refreshing when I find a site that doesn't feature it. I really hate unexpectedly coming across someone choking a woman. I wouldn't mind it so much if the bulk of it was adults actually sharing mutual joy together, but that's not generally how it goes and I hate to see so much suffering and exploitation normalized and spread across so many different places.
I've actually meant to ask about this. I not only agree about the porn part of the site needing to exist, but I feel like it's important that any federated platform have really terrible parts to it. I feel like I will truly trust the platform once it has places that I'm both uninterested in going to and also find disturbing. I'm not asking for this to turn into a right wing cesspool but there are several edgy communities such as r/WatchPeopleDie that I'd like a reappearance of even if I don't browse them.
Do you know about mastodon? It's way bigger than lemmy and a twitter alternative, and it has developed these kinds of spaces. They have NSFW servers and "free speech extremist" ones etc. With time I see this coming to lemmy as well. Don't forget that a couple of days ago we were just a couple of hundred people here :)
I think a light hearted /r/aww or /r/humansbeingbros would be quite nice to have.
Besides that, I have some specific game and tech subs I'd like to see.
My main focus on Lemmy, though, is to grow a Portuguese community, hence the instance :)
r/selfhosted is an amazing community full of passionate people that live for this type of federated community.
All the niche communities. I've been here for a couple months now but boy is that what we need.
That's what I think too, I think we need more of them before this will hit wider adoption. There are several general instances, which are great, but we need to start seeing more specific ones. I'm thinking ones that aren't necessarily for "Sign up here for my instance" but more "Hey, here's a few communities you can subscribe to if you're interested"
The NSFW ones.
I should make a whole instance dedicated to that. Alas, I can't afford it and I lack the knowledge.
My understanding is that a lot of VPS hosts have rules against hosting NSFW content, and they have to be strictly moderated (hopefully for obvious reasons…).
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Conspiracy is always a fun read on Reddit - I feel like that requires a ton of nut jobs to really shine though.
Some music subs I like to peruse like r/Headphones, HeadphoneAdvice, BudgetAudiophile, Vinyl etc. If anyone has some alts to suggest, let me know!
Android but without the fascist moderation
games, mechanicalkeyboards, fountainpens, boardgames, music, indiemusic, audio, audiophile, headphones, ....
so many!
edit: photography (how’d I forget that one?)
r/Programmerhumor, r/Linux, r/Piracy, r/Apple, r/Playstation, r/me_irl
I would love to see some of the specialized TTRPG subreddits (Pathfinder2e, Pathfinder2eCreations in particular for me, but I wouldn't say no to D&D5e, D&D3.5e, as well). I saw there was a Pathfinder2e instance but with absolutely no activity whatsoever.
I support anything creative, unfortunately I'm not seeing a lot of that yet. I build models, dioramas, scratch build buildings, etc.
I was tempted to start a general making community where all disciplines of making are supported, but as far as I can see on the app that isn't an option.
I suggested a diy subreddit on the sub suggestion thread iver at beehaw
Here are the ones I'd most like to see:
I need to see some of the circlejerk subreddits here r/vinyljerk is my one true passion
Ask Historians, Animals Being Derps, Astrophotography, the * Interesting subs, all the game specific, and band specific subs
If you want to see a specific community that doesn't exist, then set it up and post some content! If you want the type of places to hang out that you had on Reddit, you need to create it, nurture it, and grow it. There's no guarantee that Lemmy will be the place to land during the Reddit exodus, but it is a place to land, and a damn fine one at that. Putting my money where my mouth is, if you ever want to talk about calculators head on over to !calculators@midwest.social
D&D/TTRPG subs like r/DMAcademy, r/3d6, r/Pathfinder2e, r/dndnext, r/dndbehindthescreen, r/dnd, r/dndmaps, etc.
Subs related to specific games I enjoy like r/Stellaris, r/Rimworld, r/crusaderkings, r/citiesskylines, r/slaythespire
Subs where design and cool information that interests me can be shared like r/vexillology, r/history, r/mapporn, r/dataisbeautiful, r/etymology, r/todayilearned, etc.
Neurodivergence spaces like r/Aspergers, r/AutisticWithADHD, and r/autism
Subs built around a certain kind of joke or humour like r/sbubby, r/expanddong, r/Polandball, r/highqualitygifs, etc.
internet is beautiful
It just won't be complete until there's TalesFromTechSupport. But that's OK, I will enjoy it anyway :-)
SPORTS! The sports subreddits for specific leagues or teams were some of my most visited. I always hated r/NFL though because the mods only really allowed twitter links rather than legit discussion. I'm going to try and be as active as I can in the NFL and NBA communities here, and I might open some for my favorite teams.
This is actually a great opportunity to organically develop communities like r/NBAdiscussion but for other leagues. I always found reddit to be lacking a real football discussion subreddit, and r/NFL had such strict rules you couldn't even talk about relevant topics, such as EA and the NFL exclusive license (any Madden-related post would be auto-removed and told to post on r/Madden), and you also couldn't advertise an NFL discussion based sub anywhere either.
There's got to be an overlap between Lemmy users and sports fans! I can't be the only tech nerd who is interested in the fediverse and also loves American sports!
I would love for r/synthDIY, r/AskElectronics and r/redneckengineering to move over to lemmy.
I think they would all do quite well here.
I have made a Computers subreddit after not seeing one. It's inspired into the subreddit of the same name.
But I'd like to see /r/BanVideoGames and r/pcmasterrace too
r/ProgrammingLanguages as it helps me alot while developing my own programming language and there are often really interesting discussions in my opinion.
Personally, webdev, wordpress and photography
So many, but I understand this is a tiny community in comparison. But content about all areas of 3dprinting, clay modelling, android, cycling, UK based groups, digital art and traditional art, food, football or soccer as some call it, Liverpool FC, much more humour and comedy, gaming from retro to modern, gardening, fungi and mosses, music, photography, retro computing, all aspects of science, UK wildlife and conservation, writing and poetry, etc... I could go on and on ..... I understand some of these are represented here, but they need a boost.
Ukraine, really miss the content from that subreddit. Pretty much the only thing I really miss.
I'm a bit overwhelmed by the response this has gotten. This thread could serve as a great source of inspiration for people who want to create subs (or is instances the right phrase now?) around topics they're passionate about. Forgive me the cliche but, be the change you want to see! If it doesn't exist, make it.
Cop-out answer, but I hope all of them will eventually succeed here. I strongly believe open source projects are the future.
Lemmy has an incredibly solid base to build from, and with the directions many other platforms are headed, it's likely to continue growing.
For me personally, I'd love to see more out-there communities form, like r/2panelgarfield. I love the experience of discovering an awesome community for something you never knew existed.
I created subs for League of Legends, Magic the Gathering, The Netherlands and EDM. Hopefully will be able to grow them if I post sometimes myself.
I want a sub that's more tailored to gaming news like r/games than just general gaming discussion.
r/PCMasterRace r/GameDeals r/Fitness r/BuildAPC
Subs that have good guides and community info
Trade pro and ask [trade] subs like plumbing, electrical and mechanic advice. Oh and /justrolledintotheshop. That one occasionally makes the front page.
Today I tried looking for tv show suggestions and so I would like to have r/television, r/movies, r/televisionsuggestions.