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:
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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!
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?
we do have ![email protected]
There is also ![email protected] and this was posted the other day: https://stirante.github.io/lemmy-discover/
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.
What is this community about???
Mystery Science Theatre 3000, like the original reaction videos. A cast of silly people/robot puppets watch a movie and comment on it.
Wow I forgot this existed. I somehow found myself watching one of these as a kid and was SO confused. Haven't seen one since. I hated it at the time because I just wanted to see the movie. Recommend one to try as an adult?
Some suggestions from a MiST who grew up watching them via friends recording them on VHS...
Some of these are available for free, some you need to get off Netflix or other places. There is a mst3k channel that plays episodes 24/7 on Pluto TV, and you can stream much of the original series (there was a revival via Kickstarter that's on Netflix and now online) via Gizmoolex.com
There once was a website (a long time ago might still exist) that had links to YT copies people uploaded from their VHS. It had some in-browser IRC client and you could chat with others in sort of a watch party. Was where I saw a lot of seasons not played by Comedy Central / SciFi or Mystery Science Theater Hour.
This was a long time ago. Like back when browsers had plugins for Shockwave. I doubt it still exists.
The idea that somebody watched a MST3k and was just pissed that these guys were in front of and talking over the movie is hilarious to me.
They just riff over movies, look through what they've done and pick a movie you either like, dislike, or have heard is famously bad and you'll either like their comedy style or not, I don't personally like them
The first episode I saw was on The Comedy Channel/Comedy Central while staying at a hotel. I was way too young to understand the majority of the jokes but the made a couple specifically calling out places where I'm from (live in Wisconsin) that it blew my mind.
I usually try to populate the main ones, even popular ones such as [email protected] or [email protected] 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
Yea it might work pretty well, with an option for creators to request that the bot stop pulling their content. The feed reader already pulls the image, title and link, so it shouldn't be hard for someone to set it up to automatically post
I created ![email protected], 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.
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.
My favorite cat sub, [email protected].
![email protected]
Yay! So glad to see this again!!!
This was a fucked up place to learn about.
.. I joined!
![email protected], 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 ![email protected] off the ground
Joined, I've been meaning to get into this since I first heard about it like a decade ago.
![email protected]
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.
Gracias!
Honestly? I'm just wondering why there is noone on league of legends related Communities like ![email protected] 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.
As people got the hang of using Discord to make large, complex, moderated and bot assisted servers people communicate more heavily on there.
Discord moves too fast for me to want to use it that way, all conversations disappear rapidly on busy servers, but other people certainly do
I think the communities that moved there weren't posting the same types of content. When someone wants to ask a question you just get an answer, no back and forth or debates needed. That doesn't work when you're posting a news articles looking for lively debate.
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!
Electronic hobbyist pages for Arduino and Expressif microcontrollers for project help and showcasing protects people are working on:
![email protected]
![email protected]
oo helpful to have, thanks!
Most of the ones I created;
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
All of these are largely just me posting! The last two do get occasional posts from others.
Thanks for creating the Lemmings one!
Here are some
![email protected] - 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 ![email protected]
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
Just subbed to awwducational, love that it's moderated by Nosferatu lol
Subbed to the night feeling!!
Good taste, I'm already subbed to thenightfeeling!
Amazing! I'll post some stuff eventually 😄
![email protected]
As the name suggests, it’s for fans of Miami Hurricane sport teams. I’m more or less the only poster right now.
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.
Communities for JRPGs (Japanese role-playing games, like Final Fantasy or Persona).
[email protected] has the most subscribers so far, but the mod at ![email protected] 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
![email protected] has been pretty quiet... I miss looking at cool setups and vicariously imagining myself using them.
On a similar note, ![email protected] 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.
Awesome!
Joining!
Arabic is on my list to learn
I created [email protected] and it's got some activity but it could definitely use more!
I'm already subbed but I'll try contribute!
[email protected] - Post pictures of spotted cars that you cannot identify.
[email protected] - for classic car enthusiasts
[email protected] - self-explanatory
[email protected] - Country Music
[email protected] - 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
![email protected] For all your puckshots.
The one I created! 😏
![email protected]
Android emulation community
![email protected]
![email protected]
I'm a big fan of ![email protected]
'Does your aviation taste like nail polish remover?'
That was a strange post title to read.
Lol it's like a buzzfeed article
![email protected]
the instance is pretty much dead and that means the community is dead also.
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
![email protected]
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 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.
![email protected]
https://kbin.social/m/genart -> it's a community for sharing and discussing generative art!
![email protected]
Thanks lol I struggled with how to format this link
Kava!