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five new Beehaw communities (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/support@beehaw.org

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these came a little earlier than anticipated—i was expecting them tomorrow—but based on the feedback in the thread we decided to quickly round these specific bases

City Life, for all things urban; urban planning; municipal; public transit; FuckCars; stuff like that. also a good place for automobile-posting in lieu of a more centralized alternative.
Jokes and Humor, which is pretty self-explanatory. please read the sidebar disclaimer, though
Literature, also very self-explanatory.
Nature and Gardening, our outdoorsy space in contrast to the more... climate change, public policy, and generally global Environment. all things nature, hiking, climbing, gardening, and things like that can be posted here.
and Programming, which has been split off from the rest of Tech. see also its cousin FOSS, if you weren't aware that one existed.

if your suggestion was not taken: i hopefully replied clarifying where it should go in the meantime, or it's just intuitive if i missed a comment. as i said to a few people in the thread, another round of community creations is somewhere down the road--and probably not far--so don't be too distressed!

thanks for using the website; hopefully this is my last big post of the day, lol. i'll be trying to check out after this since most of the past two days have been spent keeping the site orderly

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[–] sirvesa@beehaw.org 12 points 2 years ago

Might we get a Mental Health community please? I will contribute (am therapist)

[–] Cragsand@beehaw.org 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sorry if this is a noob question but can only admins open communities?

Like for example if I wanted to create and moderate the following:

/c/thegoldengator (like /r/thegoldengator)
/c/twitch (like /r/twitch)

I would apply to do so somehow? Trying to figure out the user interface but maybe it's limited because I'm on mobile.

Thanks

[–] Gaywallet@beehaw.org 13 points 2 years ago

Correct we do not let users create communities on this instance. Most other instances do, or you can spin up your own instance to do so.

[–] Cragsand@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe this is not how it works at all and it's better to host your own instance?

[–] Cragsand@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Just learned that kbin magazines federate pretty well on Lemmy just by adding an @kbin.social at the end.

Example URL: https://beehaw.org/c/thegoldengator@kbin.social

That is only one way though. KBin to Lemmy doesn't retain the /c/ community name as /m/ currently. Instead posts end up in /m/random/. This will probably be fixed in the future.

[–] wit@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would have preferred if "literature" was called "books" instead, but nice to see such a community.

[–] hamborgr@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago

Personally, literature is probably a better name imo, as it's much more versatile and not limited to just books. This could include things, such as poetry and sharing tips & tricks on a variety of topics on the overarching subject of reading and writing.

That way smaller, niche communities with barely any following can be avoided and people with other interests, other than specifically books, have a community as well.

[–] balerion@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Apologies if this is the wrong place to ask, but could we get a community for pet pics? That's, like, a third of the reason I use the internet.

[–] Gaywallet@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago

Some kinda community for cute stuff will definitely be coming but we're currently looking into volume storage before we make a photo based community and max out our storage real fast 🫠

[–] Mersampa@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I believe this is the right place to ask: https://beehaw.org/post/413919

[–] JshKlsn@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How can I make links like that open in the Jerboa app? Every time I click on a link, my browser is opened and I'm asked to login.

[–] uzay@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Go to your phone's settings -> Apps -> Default Apps -> Opening Links -> choose Jerboa -> Add Link

Just found that out myself

[–] JshKlsn@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Thank you!

[–] dax@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

that's a big help - thanks

[–] dax@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago

fwiw, I'm a big fan of this idea

[–] davido@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago

Can we get a weed beehaw?

[–] wiredfire@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

We’re federated, right? I’ve just slung one up on kbin that anyone interested should be able to follow from here:

https://kbin.social/m/PetPics

[–] IndeterminateName@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So because of federation I can subscribe to a kbin community from Jerboa even though my account is on beehaw which is running on Lemmy which is a different platform to kbin... That's cool!

[–] wiredfire@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

Good, isn’t it! All the flexibility and none of the limits 😁

[–] hybridhavoc@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If you're on Beehaw this link may make it easier https://beehaw.org/c/PetPics@kbin.social

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

Also chiming in with a "thank you." As a brand new Lemmy / Beehaw user, I'm still getting used to how Lemmy works. Should probably read the documentation 😅

[–] wiredfire@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

Ah! Thank you - I was pondering how to connect with remote communities 😁

[–] wit@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wonder if there is enough of a community for a /c/chess.

[–] Jacob@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm interested. I also miss /r/anarchychess :(

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

Awesome. Y'all are managing beehaw very well!!

[–] JshKlsn@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm just hoping for an Android and PCGaming community. Both of which have large enough communities that they don't really fit with Gaming or Tech.

Those are the two communities I miss most from Reddit.

[–] Gaywallet@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

For now I would encourage you to post in gaming. This place isn't so huge that it'll get lost in the noise.

[–] Butterbee@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

sitting here reeling at the size of this W

[–] BrooklynMan@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

great additions!

[–] googlycoffeemea@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Is there any specific way to request communities? I would like to create and mod c/animemes and c/WritingPrompts

[–] spoonful@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

I missed new community suggestion thread but I think a futurology community would fit beehaw's vibes really well. I'd gladly contribute!