Ask Lemmy

It's small enough that just browsing all will actually show you all.

Lemmy is a lot smaller than reddit so its more acceptable to post niche content in more generic communities. That being said I really like

!funhole@lemmy.sdf.org

!gameart@sopuli.xyz

!vgmusic@lemmy.world

!wikipedia@lemmy.world

Welcome to Lemmy!

Welcome!

• !casualconversation@lemm.ee
• !cat@lemmy.world
• !showerthoughts@lemmy.world
• !pics@lemmy.world
• !science@lemmy.world
• !todayilearned@lemmy.world
• !nostalgia@lemmy.ca
• !space@lemmy.world
• !bats@lemmy.world
• !map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
• !movies@lemm.ee for movie discussions rather than news
• !yurop@lemm.ee

And then a few specific

• !lego@lemmy.world
• !avatar@lemmy.world
• !dundermifflin@lemm.ee

Hope to see you in !tenforward@lemmy.world

!science_memes

!lemmyshitpost

!bertstrips

!the_pack

!shitty_million_dollar_ideas

For discovering new communities !trendingcommunities

And finally !newtolemmy

Just browse all tbh

Sadly, Lemmy is too small to have many active niche communities of its own, so as already said your best bet is just viewing all.

Alongside this, viewing specific instances can give you a slightly more curated experience than just all of Lemmy.

TBH I just stick to the feed and block the communities I don't want to see. Especially avoid anything on Hexbear or lemmy ml, those instances are CCP propoganda trying to convince the west to off each other and themselves.

Not to be too biased or anything, but I mod

!warhammer40k@lemmy.world

and

!star_wars@lemmy.world

I also really like

!tabletopminis@lemmy.world

The userbases on all of these communities are a little smaller, but steady and the vibe is more positively authentic than Reddit alternatives.

Oh and !simpsonsshitposting@sh.itjust.works

Most niche communities from R*ddit are pretty much dead here unless you are looking forward to being a regular poster yourself. This rather requires sticking to the lemmy.world open feed rather than creating a custom feed with your communities only, if you are looking to scroll a lot instead, of course. Just stick around a bit, see how often what communities and people reach the general feed, elect to block the ones that feel flooding your feed or not to your taste. Maybe give some regularly-posted communities that are previously not in your area of interest some chance before going on a mass block. This place does have a quality and rather genuine people, but in a limited scope.

When I moved over I searched for versions of all my reddit communities. Sadly, a lot of them are inactive, but I subbed anyway just in case. Then I went onto all and looked for the top handful that had stuff I liked. Now I mostly stick to my subscribed and flip over to all if I run out.

Rather than particular communities, I tend to just do all - last 12 hours.

Welcome!

I don't have specific recommendations on hand because I'm on mobile, but you can look through this guide from !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca for other ways to discover communities

https://lemmy.ca/post/11285664

Following the promo communities works great so you can passively learn about new things when they get promoted

!newcommunities@lemmy.world is all you need to know

Come hang out with the Lebowski fans at !achievers@lebowski.social

Shameless plug for !cfb@fanaticus.social it's the offseason so it's not crazy active. But if you're looking for college football...

Welcome back! Depends on what you like, there's a good chunk of communities now. Just make sure to keep expectations in check, we're not Reddit, a good community here has a couple of posts a day and dozens, not thousands of comments. Your post here I'd say is doing pretty well.

We're still growing, slowly, but you're proof that people are growing tired of corporate social media.

Do you like animal pictures?
!animalswithjobs@lemmy.world
!aww@lemmy.world
!awwnverts@lemmy.world
!superbowl@lemmy.world
!crows@lemmy.ml
!bats@lemmy.world

And I know I've forgot some community.

Funny communities and news ones are usually found in generalist instances such as lemmy.world or lemmy.ml but the most interesting ones are on specialised instances.

The best way to discover them is to go directly to the instance and scroll a bit on the local thread or to go to the community page (ex: lemmy.ml/communities).
Then come back to your instance to visit again or follow the communities you liked.

There is geographically or language specialised instances such as :

• feddit.uk
• feddit.it and most probably
• feddit.[your country code]

but a few geographically/language specialised instances were creative with there name such as

• aussie.zone
• jlai.lu
• midwest.social

There is also subject oriented instances for example

• mander.xyz. Science oriented
• slrpnk.net. Solarpunk oriented
• lemmy.dbzer0.com. Allow content about piracy

and !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com is probably the most follow community on the lemmyverse.

You can find community directly from your instance page or from a browser like :

• browse.feddit.de
• lemmyverse.net

The browser helps you find community's names that were never connected to your own instance or specialised instance you didn't knew about.
When connecting for the first time type the url lemmy.world/c/[community's name]@[community's instance], you'll get an error but after refreshing the page you will have access to the community. But that's not new-comers friendly as you'll need another maneuvers to access post published before you connect your instance to the remote community. Still, if you are interested, I can explain you how to do it.

There is also politically oriented instances but some may be blocked by the administrators of your instance. You can check that on lemmy.world/instances.

Finally, if you want to test your options on Lemmy without spamming your favorite communities, you can do that here !testfediverse@jlai.lu.

My favorites are 196 and lemmyshitpost. Nostupidquestions can also be interesting sometimes. I'd recommend searching for the names of your favorite subreddits and checking if they have moved over here.

linuxmemes and the worldnews communities on both .world and .ml

It's good to have both because they bias against each other.

Welcome! There's a lot of actually good content on here if you avoid Hexbear and lemmy.ml.

I go back and anonymously browse Reddit sometimes and it feels plastic.