r/locksmith has no equivalent here and I'm not sure it ever will because it's such a niche trade. Niche porn subreddit equivalents would also be nice but the ones I'm thinking about get barely any activity on Reddit so they would be completely dead here.
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My favorite three communities from the othersite are niches of niches (of niches again, even) that simply aren't popular with this crowd. lol
Active combat sports community would be cool. I love mma, boxing, bjj and anything related to combat.
Two communities that I miss the most from Reddit is r/mapporncirclejerk and r/vexillologycirclejerk. It's not something that is going to appear organically until Lemmy reaches a certain critical mass, but maybe one day
Frugality.
We have a bit of it through zerowaste but I wish there was more.
We now have dumpster diving for DD or Curb findings but there isn't much activity yet.
~~I would also love to see a community about decluttering with an anticonsumption mindset.~~ !simpleliving@lemmy.ml is mentioned down there.
It isn't a matter of what I'd like to see on Lemmy, it is more like, I want to see more activity in already dead and mostly abandoned instances on Lemmy and the fediverse.
r/darkartwork is one of the only things I still browse on reddit with no smoke whatsoever fit the community. Amazing place with heavy anti-incel/anti-fash inclinations. Great reminder that art can sometimes be a great magnet for unspoken moral character
I wish it was here, but it might not have drawn the same numbers since it's kind if niche
r/cripplingalcoholism
Hell yeah brother I'm right here
Most of the communities I would like to see already exist, what they lack is... participants.
To name just one, among my few favorites of back when I used reddit there was r/Simpleliving, which exists on lemmy too: !simpleliving@slrpnk.net. Sadly, it's not active.
As somebody that cares too much about Lemmy and the Fediverse surviving... I BEG YOU! PLEASE, please, please... be a bit more willing to post and comment. If everyone was willing to spend a little time looking for new content to post to a few of the niche communities that they're part of, (especially the least active communities,) and posted once a month or so, we wouldn't have so many "dead" communities. And this would lead to a more rich experience on the Fediverse.
Plur1bus and similar high profile tv shows so i can look at memes
Blender and other FOSS software memes
I just want more memes pertaining to my obscure interests but no time or motivation to mod communities ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
There's one of your problems solved. I had a discussion in a weekly thread there
i just assumed it didn't exist argh why didn't i check!?
muchas gracias
FOSS software memes
Check out these communities
There aren’t enough cats or other awww.
It's never enough!
Maybe there's a lack of posting activity, but there are a lot of communities.
Looking at https://lemmyverse.net/communities :
!cat@lemmy.world
!aww@lemmy.world
!cats@sh.itjust.works
!oneorangebraincell@lemmy.world
!illegallysmolcats@lemmy.world
!meow_irl@sopuli.xyz
!catsstandingup@lemmy.world
!scrungycats@lemmy.world
!blurrypicturesofcats@lemmy.world
!catswithjobs@lemmy.world
!tuckedinkitties@lemmy.world
!standardissuecat@lemmy.world
!voidcats@lemmy.world
!pallascats@lemmy.world
!catloaf@lemmy.world
!chonkers@lemmy.world
!floof@lemmy.world
!ooobigstretch@lemmy.world
!cattorneys_at_paw@lemmy.world
!russianblue@lemmy.world
!murdermittens@lemmy.world
!britishshorthairs@lemmy.world
!piebaldcats@lemmy.world
!crabcats@lemmy.world
!piratekitties@lemmy.world
!greebles@lemmy.world
!catsnamedtoothless@lemmy.world
!catsonstereos@lemmy.world
!meow@lemmy.world
!torties@lemmy.world
!catsvideos@lemmy.world
!JellyBeanToes@lemmy.world
!floaf@lemmy.world
!kittycrew@lemmy.world
!aww@sh.itjust.works
!awwanimals@sh.itjust.works
!sillycats@lemmy.dbzer0.com
!space_cats@sopuli.xyz
!petdiscussion@sh.itjust.works
!cats@eviltoast.org
!stolen_dog_beds@sh.itjust.works
!mainecoons@lemmy.ca
!stiltycats@lemmy.dbzer0.com
!torties@reddthat.com
!cats@lemmy.cixoelectronic.pl
!Cats@lemmy.org
Thanks! (Not enough though!!!!)
I'd like to see a revival of !SimRacing@lemmy.zip, but it seems the mod abandoned it. They joined Lemmy, were active for a couple days and then vanished.
scp
https://lemmy.world/c/scp https://sopuli.xyz/c/scp_memes
been subbed to these for a while but wish they were more active
Ones of niche topics that I am interested in.
Such as?
Specific anime / manga / franchises
e.g. umamusume
There was !mahjong@lemmy.nerdcore.social, but I was the only one posting there and it looks like the instance died at some point.
shoutout to all my lemmies singlehandedly keeping comms alive 🫡
A more active (>1 post per three months) Valheim community. The one on Reddit is quite active and even quite friendly. I also have had some good conversations about it on Mastodon, so there is a bit of Valheim presence on the fediverse.
A more active (>1 post per three months) Valheim community.
If you're talking about !valheim@sh.itjust.works, it looks like !valheim@lemmy.world breaks your average-one-post-over three month bar, though not by that much.
I wish the gurps community was more active. I know there's the forum and that's where I find myself looking for stuff more often. But a community would be cool. I also admit I wouldn't have much to provide. I'm currently an enthusiast with plans to run a game, but zero experience.
A community about utaites would be nice. I thought about opening one once.
One of the few I miss from reddit is r/gunnitrust. Diy firearms really does fit with the vibe here and the artist quality of some of them was gorgeous.
I'd also thought about making a goblin market. Sort of a barter only swap meet for all the weird and wonderful things that we in the goblincore community gather.
Also some sort of practical activism group.
youngslutsforoldpervs and AZgonewild were my fav to post in on reddit
I know I've been looking for communities for Americans immigrating abroad.
You'll get answers at Travel.
I've been traveling 15 years and created the com as an active resource for lemstituents curious about any kind of travel