It never ceases to amaze me what exists in the internet. FindAFox is pretty damn cool. I feel like it would be cool to have FindAnAnimal which covers all animals you could ever want to browse.
this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2025
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I was gonna say SCP but that's kinda fallen apart.
I'm only peripherally aware of the SCP community, but I really enjoy browsing the stories... what's fallen apart about it?
They all got stuck in an infinite IKEA
Obviously biased but hexbear
But Lemmy.world told me hexbear is evil?!?
lemmy.world is a wretched hive of liberals and fascists.
Certainly seems that way
Lemmy.world sure does have a lot to say about other instances don't they?
For the sake of discussion, can you give some examples of good design in the community? How does that contrast against other Lemmy instances?
Aggressive moderation of bigots removal of down votes and an incredible dedicated and diverse moderation team for starters.
It is for example the safest place for trans comrades on the entire internet from my experience.
I find downvotes important in maintaining signal to noise long term. If people downvote me, I take that as a signal that there's either something I don't know, or that I need to improve how I communicate the idea. I want a community where I can have a real conversation with people that both agree and disagree with me, not an echo chamber that only allows conforming views, nor a shit flinging free for all.
Nah downvotes are reactionary. If you disagree with someone you have to explain why.
If I downvote something without explaining, it's probably because it sounded like a bot, but I wasn't sure enough to report it.
And we love our emojis and have the best worst memes, don't we folks? 
I don't know if it is good organized, but i like the DevianArt website, a bit classic, a bit modern, full of significant content.
A couple of exceptions to the trend are forums which enforce a barrier of entry and quality control
Resetera
I agree with the boorus. Some of the best tagging systems and implementations in existence
This is super niche but Ravelry is a fantastic place for knitters and crocheters. I don’t personally participate in many forums there, but there are lots of other ways to be involved and it’s very informative.
For what it's worth, I'm expecting the best examples to be niche. General sites are often too purposeless to do these things well.
Ravelry looks great, good example!
It’s great! I’ve picked up sewing now (knitting got too easy after nearly twenty years…) and the first major disappointment is how there is nothing like Ravelry for sewing. There are major pattern companies, indie pattern companies, review sites, blogs, etc. but they’re not all in one central location and it bums me out. Oh well.
MetaFilter has been a very well managed & moderated community for a very long time. Their FAQ is worth perusing as food for thought. They pay their moderators. Funding comes from a sign-up fee and donations.
Personally I can no longer stomach how labor aristocratic and unabashedly anti-“tankie” MetaFilter is, though.
Fortunately, I think this other site is also well managed:
