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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 87 points 3 days ago (4 children)

[email protected]

I love these kind of memes and try to actively post for a while now. I need to ask my Canadian friends at one point if I can mod that community, the only moderator is absent for a very long time now..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

New sub. This one's great! My group chats are going to mute me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Oh wow, I did not know I needed this in my life! New sub here.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

oh I loved that sub in reddit! cool beans

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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.

[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Would it make sense to consolidate with [email protected] ?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

There is an on-going discussion on [email protected] 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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[–] [email protected] 67 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Basically every regional community. Think towns and states. Those were some of my favorite communities to engage with

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

we gotta start broad and move local only as the population grows. so for example instead of Columbus you gotta start with Ohio. maybe Pittsburgh can hang out too

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Personal finance ones would be nice

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

High quality gifs

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (4 children)

[email protected] 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.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 days ago

[email protected] is great for people missing parents. Need a hug? DIY advice? Someone to be proud of you? There's a whole group of dads poised and ready to help!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Subreddit drama was pretty good for keeping track of drama in the space.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Imma go through and try to post in every one I have relevant knowledge / experience in...

I need to start up a good one for nurses / healthcare workers again on this server (sh has the right vibe for it too) but getting enough people on board for that is always tough. It's good to have a vent space though because in the nicest way possible 90% of you do not understand hospital ettiquette at ALL (which like, fair, but DAMN).

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 days ago (7 children)

[email protected] or more specifically (for me at least) [email protected].

And when I tried to ask for information on some treatment it even earned me a downvote. Probably by someone sorting by scaled and not wanting that in their feed or so.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 days ago (3 children)

https://lemmy.world/c/fuckyournelsonlamp

A fediverse successor to Tumblr's FuckYourNoguchiTable blog and Reddit's r/FuckYourEamesLounge. Interior design appreciation, (light) shitposting, and discussion beyond basic MCM staples.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

shitty ask reddit. In this case it's called shitty ask hilarious chaos. We need more quality text shitposting participants.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago

Not trying to remake it, because i already have a full time job being self employee and having ADHD

I go back to Reddit weekly to check in with r/locksmith, r/lockshop, and r/accesscontrols

There's a wealth of knowledge to pull from there that Lemmy just can't duplicate right now

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago (5 children)

[email protected]

A way to softly encrypt/obfuscate your handwriting. Fun to get into with friends!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ahhh nice! I didn't realize this one was here too not just on reddit 😁

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Well it wasn't until a couple weeks ago 😬 Enjoy!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Western North Carolina. I tried it on KBin and that place went tits up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I can’t see to find a Brazilian jiu jitsu one

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

No one seems to post much though

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Thats the story everywhere. I just came over from Reddit, and I miss the active guitar forums. I checked the acoustic guitar forum, and the ladtnpost was 3.7 years ago.

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[email protected]

Currently I'm the only one posting there. And have yet to need to send out a physical card. But I have hope.

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