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[–] exasperation@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago

I still have a few reddit alts that I lurk with, at least until we get enough activity on Lemmy on those topics:

  • Sports discussion, including specific leagues and teams
  • Discussion about my specific local city (and maybe the other cities I frequently visit)
  • Things relevant to my career/industry in law
  • Economics and financial news
  • Food and cooking
  • Television shows and movies, including specific shows or narrow discussions
  • Super specific hobbies and interests, not just the stuff I'm personally into, but also knowing that there's a community around some other hobby so that there is lots of archived discussion where I can just click around and learn something new. For example, the most recent plane crashes in DC and Toronto, I went to the aviation community on Reddit to see what experienced professionals were saying about those things as the news broke.

Lemmy's good on all the tech and science stuff I like, and most of the memes/humor that I'm looking for. It's coming along on some mainstream interests, including the ones I've listed above, but still has a ways to go before the organic discussions reach the level of detail and expertise that reddit has. But it's on the right track, and I'm optimistic about those things filling in over time.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Anything about guitars. The most popular one has several days between posts, orhers have months or even years between posts.

It's probably the only thing I miss about Reddit.

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[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I tried to make /r/asksciencefiction around the time of the API exodus from reddit. It got a bunch of initial traffic and even got the attention of the mods of the actual subreddit but ultimately I guess they decided to stay on reddit rather than encourage people to go to Lemmy. Anyway, the traffic has slowed to basically nothing and I've kind of lost interest in moderating it, not that it really needs it anyway since the community is like 20 users per month.

!asksciencefiction@lemmy.world

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

After taking a look at that community, not quite since it's not strictly limited to the science fiction genre. Asksciencefiction is kind of a weird amalgam of subreddits which makes it hard to categorize. Think about the format of the Q&A sub /r/askscience and then tack on /r/fiction. It was more of a roleplaying subreddit than anything. Sometimes there'd be serious discussions, but the best replies were always from people who were roleplaying as people living in the fictional universe.

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 months ago

There is an on-going discussion on !fedigrow@lemm.ee about how we should maybe aim for more generalist communities rather than niche ones.

Maybe the AskScienceFiction niche could fit into the general sciencefiction community. Up to you

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[–] hexabs@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

c/snackexchange

I'm the only poster but don't want to spam too much and look like a scammer.

[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Even though I'm probably never gonna contribute, I hope this takes off.

[–] matelt@feddit.uk 5 points 4 months ago

Fragrances UK for your perfume needs!

[–] Vari@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)
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[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

!tinnedseafood@lemmy.world

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 4 points 4 months ago

EDC, I want to talk about cool gear.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I'm looking forward to our first proper mystery like The Most Mysterious Song On The Internet or Celebrity Number Six. We'll know the Fediverse has 5 years to live max when this becomes the place to post that kind of thing.

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[–] Indica_Jellies@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I am mainly looking to fill the trans subreddit void! Reddit was a very good place to find other trans ppl and then ask questions and relay stories and such

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[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Subreddit drama was pretty good for keeping track of drama in the space.

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[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 4 points 4 months ago

China time, it's all about bad knockoff watches.

[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

https://lemmy.world/c/Football@lemm.ee really needs an active user base. It's inherently international and applies to anyone in any country who loves football/soccer. There are so many things going on in the sport at all times of year, not just in season.

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[–] roserose56@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (4 children)

!watches@lemmy.ml This community was abandoned, until I decided to become mod and give it some life(Guides and posts). There was some activity the past month, still nothing like the subreddit one, and it has 2k subs.

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[–] kenbw2@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)
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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago
[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 3 points 4 months ago

I miss standupcomedy and evilautistm but I'm not running them.

[–] LammaLemma@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

+1 for the local communities and the ADHD and AuDHD communities.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 3 points 4 months ago

For those rare swifties here on the fediverse we have !taylorswift@poptalk.scrubbles.tech and a more generic pop music one at !popheads@poptalk.scrubbles.tech .

For Satisfactory fans there is also !satisfactory@lemmy.world

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