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Asklemmy @lemmy.ml ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶ @lemmy.nz 2y ago

Niche communities you're in that haven't had much interaction? EDIT: Thanks for all your suggestions!

Just curious to see what communities you would like to see more engagement in.

Here's a couple I joined but it's been pretty quiet:

!kava@lemmy.ml !deadmalls@lemmy.world

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I like this idea. We should make a topic like this every month or so, maybe in the fediverse community, too. Discoverability is so hard on the fediverse.
- Agreed, an occasional 'niche community spotlight' post to different meta communities would be great. I've found heaps here I had no idea existed!
  
  There was the subreddit of the day on reddit that was cool to see smaller or obscure ones highlighted. Something like that would be nice on here as well.
  
  The old subreddit r/bestof was great for finding niche communities on Reddit. Maybe a Lemmy version could exist, but aimed specifically at highlighting niche communities and their content?
I usually try to populate the main ones, even popular ones such as !comicstrips@lemmy.world or !europe@feddit.de don't have that much content.

I'm taking those two as examples because comicstrips usually makes it to Top of All when content is posted, and Europe is potentially appealing to a large audience (326 users a week)
- I would love to see more comics on Lemmy. I've been using an RSS feed for them
  
  If think in that case using a bot would make sense
My favorite cat sub, !scrungycats@lemmy.world.
I created !onskates@lemmy.graz.social, a community for quad & inline skating. So far there was only a single post from someone other than me. 🥲

I’d also like to go much more niche with a community specifically for wizard skating. But considering the limited popularity of skating communities, there is no need to hurry creating that one.
- @smeikx Same with @rollerblading. The sub is pretty big on reddit, but no one is looking for it here, apparently.
  
  @luthis
- I’ll contribute! I ride urban skates myself and have been on ice and inline skates since childhood.
- Can't go the community. "Page not found" for me
  
  Edit: Sorry. It was a Summit error. Works fine on Sync
- Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/gWsZYBCc56Q
  
  Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
  
  I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.
- Never heard of wizard skating, watching the video now! Pretty interesting.
  
  I went the BMX route, but my flatmate has always wanted to get back into rolling the blades.
!graphicnovels@lemmy.world

I even posted pictures my entire collection some weeks ago to get things kickstarted but is no moving.
- Dude! Definitely a community I'm interested in!
  
  Sabes caules novelas graficos que tienen traducciones buenos en español?
  
  Las hay a montones. Las de Alejandro Jorodowsky están todas en español por ejemplo.
Honestly? I'm just wondering why there is noone on league of legends related Communities like !league@lemmy.ml considering how active r/leagueoflegends was/is
- Sadly most gaming communities transferred to Discord. Even lol subreddit is losing users.
  
  When did Discord become a social network? I've only ever used it to talk with friends while playing.
Here are some

!theNightFeeling@lemmy.world - this community was quiet on Reddit as well, which was nice in it's own way. It could use some more content though

the various animal communities, like !awwducational@lemmy.world
- Just subbed to awwducational, love that it's moderated by Nosferatu lol
- TheNightFeeling was my primary source of wallpapers on the other website. Thanks for mentioning this one.
  
  I did the exact same, and it works great with dark mode style theming
- Good taste, I'm already subbed to thenightfeeling!
  
  Amazing! I'll post some stuff eventually 😄
- Subbed to the night feeling!!
!sbcgaming@lemmy.ml, used to explore it daily on that other site, but now it hardly receives new posts :(
- That's a thing?! Closest is me half running xonotic on a rasp pi(fonts didn't load)
  
  Yes it is a thing, and it is a beautiful thing.
Really trying to get !geocaching@lemmy.world off the ground
- Joined, I've been meaning to get into this since I first heard about it like a decade ago.
I created @insect_photography during the migration and it started off nicely. Activity has gone down though so be welcome to just check in if you’re interested or have something to share!
Most of the ones I created;

!teletext@fedia.io

!yoursinclair@retrolemmy.com

!dtt@feddit.uk

!dabradio@feddit.uk

!beds@feddit.uk

!chiptune@fedia.io

!lemmings@lemmings.world

All of these are largely just me posting! The last two do get occasional posts from others.
- Thanks for creating the Lemmings one!
!imsorryjon@lemmy.world
- Yay! So glad to see this again!!!
- This was a fucked up place to learn about.
  
  .. I joined!
Electronic hobbyist pages for Arduino and Expressif microcontrollers for project help and showcasing protects people are working on:

!arduino@lemmy.ca

!esp32@lemmy.ml
- oo helpful to have, thanks!
!battlestations@lemmy.ml has been pretty quiet... I miss looking at cool setups and vicariously imagining myself using them.
- On a similar note, !buildapcsales@lemmy.ml to help turn your vicarious dreams into a reality.
  
  Subscribed. This kind of community was an invaluable resource for me on my last build. I'll post any sales I come across.
- Joined and posted!
There are not enough single game focused communities, and the ones that do exist either have nobody in them, or are just bots spamming low-effort content that don't garner discussion.
!miamihurricanes@fanaticus.social

As the name suggests, it’s for fans of Miami Hurricane sport teams. I’m more or less the only poster right now.
!whatisthiscar@lemmy.world - Post pictures of spotted cars that you cannot identify.

!oldcars@kbin.social - for classic car enthusiasts

!swimming@lemmy.world - self-explanatory

!countrymusic@lemmy.world - Country Music

!idiotsincars@lemmy.world - also self-explanatory, a bit more active than the others. Submit your dashcam footage here of idiot drivers

I dont own/mod any of these but would like to see more people active in them
- OHHHH Idiots IN cars!
  
  Not Idiot Sin Cars
Communities for JRPGs (Japanese role-playing games, like Final Fantasy or Persona).

!JRPGs@kbin.social has the most subscribers so far, but the mod at !jrpg@lemmy.zip has been more active in discussion.

Edit: huh, just noticed the kbin community hasn't updated in a while through my lemmy instance. Known issue maybe?
- Maybe due to this bug? https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/issues/875
I created !15minutecity@slrpnk.net and it's got some activity but it could definitely use more!
- I'm already subbed but I'll try contribute!
!admincraft@l.matestmc.ru

the instance is pretty much dead and that means the community is dead also.
!aeropress@lemmy.world For all your puckshots.
Android emulation community

!emulationonandroid@lemmy.ml

!emulationonandroid@lemmy.world
The one I created! 😏

!paulthomasanderson@lemmy.world
sffa.community stands for Science Fiction Fantasy Alliance. It's a small instance focused on Sci-fi and Fantasy in all mediums but its still trying to get on its feet.
- Can you post a link to it?
  
  Oh, I thought the link in my comment worked, sorry. https://sffa.community/
I'm a big fan of !Cocktails@lemmy.world
- 'Does your aviation taste like nail polish remover?'
  
  That was a strange post title to read.
  
  Lol it's like a buzzfeed article
I'm hoping the various plushies based communities that were made get more traction. The biggest one seems to be on an instance I've never heard of until now.

!plushies@pawb.social
I wanted to post a meme but I remembered it fell into oblivion as I had deleted it from Reddit having had no copies left on my side

!antidepressants@slrpnk.net
Kava!
https://kbin.social/m/genart -> it's a community for sharing and discussing generative art!
- !genart@kbin.social
  
  Thanks lol I struggled with how to format this link

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