It feels like I’m decluttering. I joined a couple meme communities or whatever they’re called here. And I like the usual stuff movies, games, books and have checked some of those. I’m not trying to go overboard and join every place, more so looking cool and chill places to interact with people.
Welcome to the dark side.
One suggestion: Niche communities are still not as active as Reddit. If that’s what you’re into, try to find the niche communities you’re into that are moderately active and try to leave comments daily. Or posts even. Be the change!
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Yeah I’m starting to notice that. But I’m gonna keep exploring to get a feel for what I like and see what’s active and I’ll be sure to post and participate.
Nice! It’s crazy how much difference just a little activity makes.
There are plenty of dead communities here, but even there you’ll usually see a few folks around, upvoting when something does get posted.
But many of the communities I see that are active (beyond the biggest few topics) start out or mostly consist of just one or two people consistently posting. Every post or comment is a jump-in point where someone else may get involved.
Check out !communitypromo@lemmy.ca, starting with the pinned post.
For video games, I like !games@lemmy.world
There are various internetisbeautiful communities, such as !internetisbeautiful@piefed.social, that are always good general interest.
Check out !communitypromo@lemmy.ca, starting with the pinned post.
While I agree that this is useful, probably moreso than !newcommunities@lemmy.world, as I think that becoming aware of an established community is probably more-interesting than a newly-started one, I’d point out that the best place to go looking for new communities probably isn’t on a Threadiverse community at all, but rather on lemmyverse.net, as that indexes all lemmy instances and provides searchability of instances:
https://lemmyverse.net/communities
Though it puts PieFed communities and Kbin magazines in a different section, while I’d rather have one search that covers all three systems, and somewhere in the translation from Kbin to Mbin (maybe it didn’t index the mbin type?) it looks like support for Mbin got dropped, since I don’t see fedia.io magazines on there.
Just as an aside, don’t assume that a community is empty if there is no activity. If you find a community that sounds interesting, post something and you might get lurkers coming out of the woodwork.
Reddit is teeming with bots that keep every sub filled with content at a steady pace. They aren’t here (yet?) and the silence takes some getting used to. Like if you want to talk about movies, for instance, there isn’t always something to talk about every day. You can start a conversation if you’re bored, but you won’t find hourly “Which overrated movie villain would fit into a urethra with the least amount of lube?” engagement bait.
Ok thanks for the advice because I have come across some places like that where I’m like oh the last post like a month or two ago? I mean that’s really that long ago but eh…is it worth it?
But I’ll try me best to keep things going if I feel strongly enough about a community
The other nice thing is that you make your own feed, and there’s no central algorithm like Reddit that boosts specific communities. So you might subscribe to a community and there’s no activity for months, but as soon as there’s something worth posting, it will hit everyone who subscribes to it and start the conversation. Then, it might just go away again until something else interesting happens.
The way it should be.
That is nice. The other thing is, it’d be to cool this place grow a little but at the same time I like that there’s way less people on here. I was active on some movie subs and I can’t tell you how many of the same posts and same discussions I saw, nobody had anything new to say about anything. Echo chamber and all that.
I don’t know it’s hard to describe, this place just seems a little more laidback and slow paced but that’s exactly what I’m looking for. I’m off all other social media now except for this. And I don’t know how long I’ll last here but while I’m a little let to the party I’m giving it a try.
I don’t have many communities to offer but I do have advice. Do not be afraid to block people and communities you don’t want to see. Lemmy is small enough that a single power user can completely alter your experience for better or worse. My block list is extensive because there are some people that aren’t worth hearing from or engaging with. This is especially useful if you want to browse by all in order to find new communities.
Thanks for the advice SharkFucker420. And yeah I’m using this as a sort of filter, I just want things to be simple I guess, don’t want to deal with bullshit so won’t be afraid to block users or communities.
!gardening@lemmy.world
!nativeplantgardening@mander.xyz
!coffee@lemmy.world
!coffee@lemmy.ml
!writing@beehaw.org
!keepwriting@lemmy.world
!pcgaming@lemmy.ca
!retrogaming@lemmy.world
!football@sopuli.xyz
!astrophotography@lemmy.world
!photography@lemmy.world
!filmsframes@lemmy.world
!watercolor@lemmy.ml
!watercolor@lemmy.cafeAnd goes on!
Thanks I was looking for a gardening one a few days ago
I’ll give you a few:
- !196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone (to know why there are duplicates, check this post: https://lemsha.re/lemmy.world/post/24479792. this is also the more active one)
- !technology@programming.dev
- !technology@lemmy.world (this is the most active community in lemmy)
- !aneurysmposting@sopuli.xyz
- !anime@ani.social
- !anime_irl@ani.social
- !animemes@ani.social
- !ask@piefed.social
- !asklemmy@lemmy.world
- !askmeanything@lemmy.ca
- !asklemmy@lemmy.ml
- !buyeuropean@feddit.uk
- !canvas@toast.ooo (this is basically r/place for the fediverse. you can draw “fuck spez” here)
- !copypasta@sh.itjust.works
- !fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- !fediverselore@lemmy.ca
- !fediverse@lemmy.world
- !fedimemes@feddit.uk
- !games@lemmy.world
- !hmmm@lemmy.world
- !ich_iel@feddit.org (this is a german community)
- !InsanePeopleQuora@lemmings.world (I just discovered this yesterday)
- !kde@lemmy.kde.social (if you are interested in KDE stuff)
- !lemmy@lemmy.ml (for updates on lemmy)
- !lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world
- !lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
- !lightnovels@ani.social
- !linux@lemmy.ml
- !linux@programming.dev
- !linuxphones@lemmy.ca
- !linuxmemes@lemmy.world
- !lowqualityfacts@lemmy.zip
- !meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works
- !newcommunities@lemmy.world (to discover and publish new communities)
- !communitypromo@lemmy.ca (same as above)
- !nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
- !opensource@lemmy.ml
- !opensource@programming.dev
- !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- !privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- !privacy@programming.dev
- !privacy@lemmy.ml
- !programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
- !programmer_humor@programming.dev
- !til@lemmy.world
- !unixporn@lemmy.world
- !unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
- !visualnovels@ani.social
- !yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com (for your complaints about mods and admins here)
Also check out https://lemmyverse.net/
Hello and welcome! if you want a cool and chill place I suggest !wholesome@reddthat.com
Hello and glad you’re here! I had to start over after Lemm.ee got removed, but I stand by the same method I used years ago, just block communities you have no interest in. I usually upvote a few posts there to give them a little kiss farewell.
This is a good idea. I’m probably gonna start with more news/politically related communities. I’m so glad this place doesn’t have a news page like Reddit. I would find myself endlessly scrolling and viewing dumb posts with headlines like “this celebrity thinks that blah blah…” and then going to see what people are saying, and be like oh somehow has a ton of downvotes what did they say, and I’d be invested in an argument and then I’d catch myself and be like wait…I don’t give shit about this why I’m engaging with, let alone reading, the comments. Obviously important to stay informed but I wasted so much time scrolling through pointless “news” posts. I’m trying to avoid toxicity and engaging in stuff I don’t even care about only to get caught up in some dumb argument with an asshole
When you find somebody’s post really engaging or thoughtful, or their comment, look at their profile. See where else they post, see what communities they moderate. That’s a great way to discover new and interesting things that you can vibe with
Didn’t think to do this, thanks for the advice
/c/tenforward
It’s got all your star trek needs in one goofy place.
Edit: added link
May want to actually link the community, a new user could use assistance actually finding communities.
Added. Thanks!
I like using !videos@lemmy.world as an alternative “frontend”/algorithm to YouTube. Could be more active, but hey there is only one way to fix that :)
You’re a champion for giving Lemmy a shot! I see this thread is lacking in culture, allow me to correct this dire situation: !otters@lemmy.world
Cool? Active?
The best I can do is German or Linux, but at least you can have both!
If you like to browse All, get a client that supports keyword filtering. Your sanity will thank you later.
