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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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.
Would it make sense to consolidate with !sciencefiction@lemmy.world ?
asksciencefiction is about fantasy as much as it is about sci-fi, and about other fiction as well. it's for silly questions like "could Shaggy & Scooby have taken the ring to Mordor?" i would think that would make it a bad fit, but who knows.
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.
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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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.
EDC, I want to talk about cool gear.
One of my favourite things on Reddit was movie discussions. I've joined a bunch of movie communities with !movies@lemm.ee being the most active but I would love if more people were on it!
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
!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.
Male/masc feet pics. There is a dearth. And there is a silly default assumption that "feet pics" must always be female/femme and that really bothers me. Tho partly my fault for not contributing anything lately myself..
For anyone interested:
Good luck!
Thank you!
+1 for the local communities and the ADHD and AuDHD communities.
Well, just my own emulation subreddit. But even on reddit it's a slow moving forum. The wish is other ppl post stuff besides just me is* all lol.
But I don't mind on my own for now, people upvote so I know they're seeing it.
Mainly I made the new community so I stop visiting reddit for theirs. I was quite addicted to reddit, quitting was tough. Don't wanna relapse.
Edit: https://sh.itjust.works/c/emulation
The only bummer is we don't have emulator devs posting here :p
Support groups are something I want to see grow on Lemmy. Anything from abuse, to mental health to chronic illness or addictions. There should also be a way to protect those communities from ableist trolls, a theoretical door so that not just anyone can see the feed. I think it's important to have that door, because there are people who no matter what you say, they will never have empathy or understanding for people going through those challenges. They will always find a way to convince themselves the person isn't worthy of empathy or respect. They will try to do harm, and so they should just be blocked out. I've sadly already encountered a bit of that on Lemmy.
But I will be honest, I don't have a plan of action laid out, I'm just throwing it out there. We saw some major platforms become null and unsafe. We should work to reestablish a safe space for folks dealing with those problems. It's even more important now while we're going through this breath-takingly crappy year. I myself do not have the skills or energy to moderate one of these groups. It would just be good to work toward having more of those here eventually.
Edit: It would also be cool if we could be more thorough about keeping out troll communities, prevent or discourage them from taking root here. For example fakedisordercringe on Reddit was a vile place. The redpill communities were bad too.
Subreddit drama was pretty good for keeping track of drama in the space.
/r/cummytoe
::: so gross, but it made me laugh. Sorry! :::