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I'm genuinely so excited to see some of the more focussed communities blossom on this platform as they have on Reddit over the years. Which are your favourites and which do you think could succeed here?

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[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

I think an exodus to a new site allows an interesting opportunity to break from the restriction of traditions and create new communities. There's no reason the 196 clones have to be called '196'! (or worse, '197')

[–] Kelbesq@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

I want to see all the niche game specific subs, or at least how they used to be. Reddit started going downhill recently, with lots of good discussion moving to discord, and subreddits just being flooded with memes. I hate searching for anything on Discord...

[–] WandererLagomorph799@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I actually have a list of them so just to jot down a few.

~~r/CozyPlaces~~ ~~r/coreboot~~ ~~r/rabbits~~ ~~r/VoidBunnies~~ ~~r/RoomPorn~~ ~~r/WritingPrompts~~ r/ MirrorsEdgeAesthetics ~~r/ Otterable~~ r/OnlinePreservation ~~r/lagoloaf r/GoldenAgeMinecraft r/FarmsofStardewValley~~ ~~r/EarthPorn~~ EDIT: ~~oh and ~~r/UsabilityPorn~~ https://old.reddit.com/r/UsabilityPorn/~~

That's about it for one's I know of at least, that aren't either hyper specific obscure or else some degree of NSFW, aside from SnakesWithHats but I actually got that started here. https://lemmy.ml/c/snakeswithhats

EDIT: I actually started a handful of these now, since I wanted to see em here so here's some now.

VoidBunnies GoldenAgeMinecraft UsabilityPorn FarmsofStardewValley Lagoloaf RoomPorn EarthPorn Otterable

EDIT 2: Also a Coreboot page since I didn't see anyone make that surprisingly.

Coreboot

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[–] Bryggyth@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Easily 50% of my time on Reddit was spent on either /r/Worldbuilding or /r/GoodWorldbuilding and I'd love to see a community like that here on Lemmy. My favorite part was always the prompts and discussions which helped me further build my world and read cool details about other people's ones.

[–] sgtnasty@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Philosophy, Liturature and Science subs (there are numerous).

[–] bonegakrejg@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Reddit had a few awesome book communities like r/fantasy and r/printsf. Which I see a bit of here, but they still need to build up.

[–] fl1ghtless@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Grimdank. I don't play it but I love the Warhammer universe.

[–] rainercade@mastodon.ie 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

@fl1ghtless @geomusicmaker +1 for Grimdark, Also a vibrant Ireland community would be great, that's very active on Reddit, I also enjoy the BoardGames and SoloGaming communities

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[–] Bicyclejohn@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Offmychest and advice

[–] Surreal@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago
[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Art, art related. Watercolour. Oils. Sketching. Urban sketching. Etc

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[–] sorrowstouch@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

r/squaredcircle r/formuladank

[–] ayye@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Cat communities are definitely a rabbit hole that is fun to go down on Reddit. Sport ones like r/NBA and r/Formula1 are some of my most used subreddits.

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[–] Moonguide@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Most of my time on Reddit was spent on r/Rimworld, r/Huntshowdown and r/books. So, those. I'll probably engage on any graphic design and art adjacent subs too, when they pop up.

Edit: actually, I'd like to get something cleared up. Instances are akin to subreddits? Or are multiple boards inside one instance?

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[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] MrKarato@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

Final Fantasy XIV. No, you have a problem!

[–] Cosmiiko@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Bit of a self promo but since this thread is getting traction and people coming here might be looking for subreddits alternatives...
If you're bi or like bisexual memes, it'd be great if you joined us over at !bi_irl@lemmy.ml :)

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[–] soulless@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

There are some subs that I'd rather see dead, and some that are just amazing, just based on their moderation and communities. r/fantasy is a shining beacon of light in an otherwise dark world, and with it a lot of the sister communities like WoT, Stormlight_archive and similar. They all have a positive feel, including and fair with just enough moderation without becoming heavy handed.

So in a sense it's not so much the content, but rather the community itself that I'd love to see persisting beyond reddit.

[–] fernandu00@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] leo@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
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[–] DudeDad@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'd like to see PS5, NintendoSwitch and ITManagers communities. I would start them, but do not have the time to moderate. :/

[–] CARV@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

r/liberalgunowners and r/homelab

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[–] Garrathian@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I need some more sports communities. NFL, CFB, football/soccer, NBA, MLB, Hockey, etc. A lot of the very niche ones like certain anime (r/onepiece, r/kingdom, r/hunterxhunter) or book (r/asoiaf, r/stormlight_archive) or game (r/deadbydaylight, r/stellaris, r/EU4) probably aren't going to get high enough populations to exist here so i don't expect it. But I need the sport specific ones

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[–] donio@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

/r/boardgames and /r/emacs for me. I can get some of my boardgame fix on Mastodon but the more the better. I see that there is a !tabletop@lemmy.ml but not very active so far and not sure if the mod is still around.

Edit, apparently both exist!

[–] JetpackJackson@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

R/German, r/ich_iel, r/justrolledintotheshop, r/oneorangebraincell, r/CuratedTumblr would be cool to see!

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[–] calcifer@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Noncredibledefense. There's one already but it's not active at all

[–] slipperykarst@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My big three (right now) are CFB (college football), Golf, and Warhammer 40k. I think warhammer 40k and golf could easily transition as they arent as confederated. However CFB is a pretty tight community with its own ranking polls and a ton of stuff built by the moderators and communities. That said I'm pretty sure a lot of those polls utilize reddit APIs for user verification. And that could be a real problem if Reddit messes with the APIs too much.

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[–] mercan@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would love to see r/emo and r/mathrock here

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