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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by alyaza to c/support
 

update: we're compiling them now, new suggestions have about 4 hours to come in before i call it and lock the thread. thank you for all of your suggestions

following the defederations and given the inconvenience, it's time for a new round of community solicitations so we can add possible ones to our survey!

to make this easier for us, please follow a few groundrules here:

  1. make your suggestions top level comments. do not reply to people with suggestions! they'll probably get lost and i won't get paged if you make them.
  2. try not to make your suggestions super specific, because we probably won't do super specific ones
  3. try not to duplicate a suggestion once it's already made (i know lemmy's display isn't great for this). while imperfect, if you like an idea please upvote it instead.
  4. this is not intended to be a general discussion thread, so please try to keep that to a minimum. i will prune comments as needed if i think they're cramping the utility of this thread

additionally, we've already been suggested the following and those will be on the survey. i will prune any suggestion which is a duplicate of/is covered by one of these:

  • anime and manga
  • world news
  • tabletop gaming
  • vegan/vegetarian
  • education
  • parenting
  • camping
  • fitness

and for responsibility reasons we can't really offer mental-health related communities past !neurodivergence@beehaw.org, so please don't suggest those. thanks folks!

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[–] ZenGrammy 12 points 2 years ago

I'm late to the party but one of my favorite places on Reddit was MomForAMinute, where people could stop by and share their news or vent or talk about whatever they need to and get internet Mom Hugs. It was such a wholesome place.

[–] Dee_Imaginarium 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

I've seen a few suggestions of witchy stuff, paganism, or witches vs patriarchy. So maybe just a ~~"New Age"~~ "Spirituality" community that deals with paganism, wiccan, astrology, crystals, etc.

Doesn't have to be called that exactly, but I think it would be better to group that rather than a plethora of smaller communities with less traffic?

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[–] elleyena_rose 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)
  • Witchcraft and/or Paganism - Absolutely needs representation. Maybe to make it more general and allow for other religions as well it could be called "Spirituality"?
  • Keto
  • Stitchcraft/Needlecraft as a subboard of Creative.

Thank you for considering suggestions!

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[–] ghostalmedia 12 points 2 years ago
[–] misguidedfunk 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Home networking or self hosted.

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[–] Powderhorn 11 points 2 years ago

Given how many posts about Reddit have not been on the threads set up for them, a Reddit-specific community to post in might be worth considering. Though I don't know for how long that'll remain an issue, and it could devolve into navel-gazing.

[–] ag_roberston_author 11 points 2 years ago

Fantasy/Sci-Fi

Apologies if some already exist, I haven't thoroughly looked at at the whole list.

Personalfinance
Audiobooks
PCHelp
Bikecommuting
Hiking
Drones
Electricvehicles
Eyebleach[l
Kdrama

[–] l4sgc 11 points 2 years ago

I'd really like Entertainment to have subcommunities for Movies, TV, and Streaming.

[–] Lowbird 11 points 2 years ago

An equivalent of r/ifyoulikeblank (suggestions based on things you already like), and/or r/tipofmytongue (for trying to find things you've forgotten the name of)

[–] corytheboyd@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Something for amateur music producers to share work in, get feedback, kudos, whatevs.

There were some communities on Reddit that I quickly gave up on because they were either dead, or full of jerks.

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[–] cemeterysounds 10 points 2 years ago

a witchcraft community would be amazing!! i haven’t yet found a good one across the federated internet and i have found the communities across various witchcraft niches are all very kind. ❤️

[–] mercurial 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

3DPrinting

Permaculture - might just go in Nature and Gardening, but does have a lot of unique related content.

Skincare

Backyard Chickens 🐥🐓🐔

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[–] rfel 10 points 2 years ago

The one I couldn't find mentioned here would be /c/digitalminimalism. Here we could share tips and experiences on reducing screen time, using dumbphones, exploring minimal apps, and all things related to simplifying our digital lives.

[–] moeris 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Mushroomgrowers/mycology (there's mycology@mander.xyz, but it'd be nice to have one focused on growing)

Pseudoscience/skeptics (for discussions scientific skepticism, the skeptic community, and shows like SGU, ONWRAC, etc.)

Whatsthisplant/whatsthisbug/etc. (For identification purposes)

myog (for diy outdoors gear)

Startups/indiehackers (for those wanting to start small, self-sustained businesses)

[–] RealAccountNameHere 10 points 2 years ago

Could we have something specifically for Apple people?

[–] charred 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

LeopardsAteMyFace

Atheism

Anti-work

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[–] Wilshire 9 points 2 years ago

IdiotsInCars

[–] kodoku 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
  • news from anything but the usa, that's sorely needed.
  • a general photography community, both for discussion and showing pictures off.
  • something along the lines of /r/mealtimevideos.
[–] DontMakeMoreBabies@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Science

(then drill down with space, physics, chemistry, etc)

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[–] SweetSitty 9 points 2 years ago

I really enjoyed the NoLawns group, and didn't see it suggested. Also, Travel was a great group to share pictures and travel tips, as well as ask questions.

[–] Kuroneko 7 points 2 years ago

Japan/Japanese culture without anime/manga clutter would be nice.

[–] Velonie 7 points 2 years ago

Running! The Reddit running community was helpful and very active and now they've shut down entirely

[–] WolfsTail 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What about Digital Art as subcommunity for Creative like Writing?

For painting of all things, 3d and so on

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[–] marauderprophecy1998 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Some community suggestions from Reddit that I loved to browse would be amazing if there are communities of them on here at Beehaw:

  • c/programming
  • c/programminghumor
  • c/learnmachinelearning
  • c/AIresearch - discussion of new and upcoming AI/ML papers
  • c/CScareerQuestions
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[–] Lowbird 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Windows OS

And/or

Mac OS

To match all the Linux communities?

The windows discussions on reddit were always really helpful.

Or maybe just Tech Support.

Or an even more general "Advice and Help" or "Troubleshooting" hive, for any kind of troubleshooting.

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[–] FrozenLama 6 points 2 years ago

NFL/Fantasy Football! That's what will draw me back to reddit right now

[–] bbbhltz 6 points 2 years ago

A documentaries would be great

[–] storksforlegs 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Aquariums? (Fishkeeping, aquascaping & plants, ponds, questions and discussions etc).

[–] WhelmedInEurope 6 points 2 years ago

I'd love one for Crafting, but understand if you feel this is too under "creative" to qualify.

I feel like the creative umbrella covers so much that isn't necessarily what people are making and I'd love to see everyone's personal crafts: knitting, crochet, embroidery, cross stitch, 3D origami, sewing projects in one place.

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