1y ago

What Lemmy communities would you like to share that we may not know about?

I'm noticing an influx of Reddit users today, maybe revolving around their weird bug they had today. I know this question pops up semi regularly, but for those just getting their foot in the door maybe we can help show them what else is out here on the Fediverse to help them get started.

I'll kick us off, to any newcomers, I help run the following communities, and we'd welcome you to any of them. (Shameless self promotion I know, but I hope more people join in sharing theirs as well)

!satisfactory@lemmy.world (https://lemmy.world/c/satisfactory)
- A community based around the factory building game, Satisfactory
!taylorswift@poptalk.scrubbles.tech (https://poptalk.scrubbles.tech/c/taylorswift)
- A community for all Swifties, in our Lemmy era
!popheads@poptalk.scrubbles.tech (https://poptalk.scrubbles.tech/c/popheads)
- A community for all things pop music

For help and support, taken right from the sidebar of AskLemmy here

!newtolemmy@lemmy.ca (https://lemmy.ca/c/newtolemmy)
- Thanks to @otter@lemmyca for this one, help and guides for folks new to Lemmy
!lemmy_support@lemmy.ml (https://lemmy.ml/c/lemmy_support)
- Community for asking questions about how to use Lemmy, troubleshooting, etc
!fediverse@lemmy.ml (https://lemmy.ml/c/fediverse)
- Community revolving around the fediverse, how it operates, new applications, and items that may be above just Lemmy.

An important one to kick off, we do have an entire community just for this over at !communitypromo@lemmy.ca (https://lemmy.ca/c/communitypromo) for a more long-running conversation

For new users, I hope you find some communities that you enjoy! For current users, share your favorite communities that new folks may be interested in! (Please use both the !@_ notation and give a link, to help our new fediverse people out in learning how it works)

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I'll never pass up a chance to promote !superbowl@lemmy.world (Owls, not the NFL thing)
- It's always nice to see some jokes stick around, I hope when I die this is still a joke. (No sarcasm either, I truly love it and how much it annoys some people)
  
  Wow, didn't know this was a thing. I was watching What They Do in the Shadows recently and there's a Superbowl episode.
  
  Does it actually annoy people? Wow, that makes it even funnier.
- I already subscribed to those feathery fowls the first day I joined :-)
  
  That's the spirit!
- I also endose this recommendation!
  !superbowl@lemmy.world has everything for your owl related needs!
  Love cats? Try owls, the cats of the sky!
  
  We've got cute owls, angry owls, stern owls, and silly owls.
  White, brown, red, grey, big, medium, and small!
  Find out where to meet owls or how to get started working with owls.
  If you want hard science or fluffy photos, !superbowl@lemmy.world has got it, and if we don't have it, we'll get it!
  We're pretty consistently in the top trending communities for a niche group, and there's an ever growing number of fans checking in daily.
  
  "Come on down to to Anon6789's Outrageous Owl Emporium on 100th st!"

Hey, admin of programming.dev here
Heres a nice selection of communities from various of the topic instances including ours that might be nice for most people
!science@mander.xyz - mander is the science and nature instance with this being one of their main communities
!programming@programming.dev - main community for the programming.dev instance which is the instance for programming
!gaming@lemmy.zip - main community for the lemmy.zip instance which has most of the game communities so far in lemmy
!software_gore@programming.dev - community that just got started up in programming.dev where you can post any software malfunctions you come across
!android@lemdro.id - main community in lemdro which is focused primarily around android
edit, heres some more:
!chat@literature.cafe - literature instance
!anime@ani.social - anime instance
https://fanaticus.social - sports instance (doesnt really have a main community)
https://lemmy.studio/ - music instance (doesnt really have a main community)

Not a specific community, but check out everything on mander.xyz if you haven't yet. Lots of great science related communities on there. It's already a pretty active instance but would love to see the communities on there get even more love.
- Good rec, the mander.xyz stuff is great.
- Wow I had no idea this entire instance existed, and there's some heavy following too, I'll definitely be subbing to some of those communities

A community for EMS professionals that I manage and desperately want to see more activity in:
!ems@lemm.ee (https://lemm.ee/c/ems)
A community for sharing spooky stories, doesn't matter if they're true or not:
!rag_and_bone@lemm.ee (https://lemm.ee/c/rag_and_bone)
- funny how one of the most popular subs in reddit still don't have a vary active community in lemmy. Will sub for hope
- Oh cool, subbed to the spooky one!
  
  Thank you!
- Had to look up what "EMS" is, it's not referred to as this in my country and your "about" section didn't provide any more description - you might get more international users if you use a more general term like "emergency service workers" or "ambulance" or something like that
  
  Great advice, thank you!
- Yay! Subbed your EMS one
  
  Thank you!

https://lemmy.world/c/tvtoohigh
Has sooo much potential. I can feel the memes flowing through it.
- Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !tvtoohigh@lemmy.world
- and subbed, after being in /r/hometheater it's good to see the core beliefs over here too. You're TVs are too high
  
  I think you meant "two hi" at the end there
- Huh. I am positive these people would say my TV is too high. But, I like it where it is.
  If I'm standing in front of the screen, it is at eye-height. If I'm reclining back on the lounge, I am looking up at it without having to cram my neck downward.
  So, I basically disagree with this whole community's premise.
- Great community

gotta promote !gothindustrial@lemmy.world for industrial, goth, and adjacent music styles!?!!

I'm a mod of !startpages (https://kbin.social/m/startpages), which is all about the startpage/new tab page that resides in your browser. Right now It only has a few posts, so it'd be great to have some more users.
- !startpages@kbin.social

Copy-pasting my usual response to these threads:
I'm legally obliged to shill the various crafting communities, my two most used are !knitting@lemmy.world and !lemmy_stitch@sh.itjust.works but you can find lots more in the sticky thread in either of those.
Then there's also !imadethis@lemm.ee which has been a bit quiet lately so if you've made something, go show it off!
!ukcasual@lemmy.world
!simpleliving@lemmy.ml and !simpleliving@lemm.ee
!discworld@lemmy.ml
!map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
!anarchychess@sopuli.xyz
!artshare@lemmy.world
!pixelart@lemmy.ml
!zillowgonewild@midwest.social
!aesthetic@slrpnk.net and !art@slrpnk.net (actually pretty much anything on slrpnk.net)
!rpgmemes@ttrpg.network
!patientgamers@sh.itjust.works and !patientgamers@lemmy.ml
!mathmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
!crossview@lemmy.world and !parallelview@sh.itjust.works
!potatoism@lemmy.world
- You made me click on !potatoism@lemmy.world
  Not disappointed.
  
  Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !potatoism@lemmy.world

!sideoftheroad@possumpat.io

!downvotedtooblivion@lemm.ee for all the times karma attacks.
- Have you been to !ergomechkeyboards@lemmy.world yet?
  
  Not until now.
  As an ipad user I wouldn't have anything to offer in terms of keyboards, sadly.

!moviesandtv@lemm.ee is a pretty great community if you're into movies and tv. It's where a lot of the regulars from moviesandtv@lemmy.film went after the lemmy.film instance was shut down.

Thanks for helping out the newbees by making this post.
Also shamless plug https://sh.itjust.works/c/machinist
A community about machining, and other various trade and manufactoring shenniagans.
- Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !machinist@sh.itjust.works
  
  Good bot

All the ones I administer
waydroid@feddit.de
barefeet@feddit.de
- Plz add a ! Infront so I can click on those in sync ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
  
  Here you go
  !waydroid@feddit.de
  !barefeet@feddit.de
- 4 posts in sum in those two communities
  
  i guess satisfies the requirements:
  you like to share
  we may not know about

To mods here at !asklemmy, I know this is on the edge of rule 3 and 4, I'm seeing a lot of newbie questions though and was hoping this could head off a thousand new posts of users asking what and how to use lemmy. Actually, I'm going to add some of that to the post.
- Other communities to subscribe to for more of this
  !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca (for new users to ask any questions, including communities)
  !communityPromo@lemmy.ca (same purpose as this post)
  !newcommunities@lemmy.world (for brand new communities as they're made)
  Edit: oops you already linked some of this, thanks for making the post!
  
  Didn't know about newtolemmy, just added it on the post! Thanks!

Shameless plug for a community that I moderate because we need more folks!
!hockey@lemmy.ca
We even have a bot that posts the scores and basic stats of each NHL game.

I want to suggest !main@lemmy.ca , or !chatter@lemmy.ca (general topic discussion that's been kind of inactive), !general@lemmy.world, and other just general chat communities across servers that aren't memes and shitposts, just to give people a low bar of entry to talk about how they feel, what's going on in their lives (to the extent they wish to share).
Someone looking for general advice, share something cool that isn't yet part of any community (but it could help start one), ask a question that they feel isn't a good fit for asklemmy, newbs and forum veterans can talk about their experiences. I think it can foster contributions from power-posters, occasional posters, commentors and lurkers alike and grow the Lemmyverse organically.

CFB@fanaticus.social
We need more people so we can properly talk shit

I started a fantasy basketball community here for anyone interested. I try to share helpful articles I find and plan to do more if it grows.
!fantasy_basketball@lemmy.ml

For books and reading related: !fiction@literature.cafe !books@lemmy.ml !classics@literature.cafe !literature@beehaw.org For discworld fans: !discworld@lemmy.ml
- I like the literature.cafe crowd. Lovely people.

I'm going to shamelessly plug the community I just made for Ambigrams.
Ambigrams
!ambigrams@lemmy.ml

slrpnk.net

if someone wants to talk board games in Spanish, you're welcome to join !juegosdemesa@feddit.cl

Come hangout with us at https://Kbin.social/m/truegaming!

!pixaraimemes@lemmy.ml cool shitposting sublemmit hahaha memes aaaaa

I guess self promotion but if any anime fan wants to find out what anime that he found is from scenes or speech and so on, you can try and see if anyone ever responds on !whatanime@lemmy.world

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