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Subcommunities on Beehaw:
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I would love to see something like r/AskHistorians. It's my favorite sub by far, and something I have really seen anywhere else. It's heavily moderated (in a good way), and the answers are all high quality and sourced. It's pretty much why I held on to my reddit account as long as I have.
For me, the real magic of Reddit was in hyperspecific niche communities full of hobbyist experts -- or even professionals. Places like r/tolkienfans.
Crafting communities! I love seeing what people make in r/crochet and r/Brochet and they also tend to have really welcoming and kind users :)
Beehaw's "creative" community fits that description and looks pretty active:
https://beehaw.org/c/creative
Once I get back home next week I am going to start my own server for paganism/heathenry/animism
Ooo this is a good question. There was a similar thread about Lemmy as a whole, but Beehaw has a bit different standards...
Honestly, maybe a retro technology community? Set to include both retro gaming and other aspects like retro computing and the like. I'm sure one could use the current tech community for this, but I think setting aside a retro version could be beneficial
I'd like to see a book suggestion community with a decent number of requests. Something like r/booksuggestions or r/suggestmeabook. Most of what I did on Reddit was recommend books in response to requests.
I wouldn't mind seeing a New England community, either. Or Massachusetts one. I'd start one up, but I don't know if I could handle the moderation responsibilities!
I'd love to see communities about:
- crafting (fibre crafts like knitting and spinning in particular)
- classical music
- photography
- Latin
- history (r/askhistorians?)
- cats
- art
- cooking
- writing
- Star Trek
- menopause
- AuDHD
- birdwatching
- gardening
- reading
Something social, and positive. Like r/roastme had a opposite one called r/toastme. Rather then burn and roast OP, you gave them compliments. It was a positive thing to see.
Oh yes please. Cheering people on, giving them a new lens in which to view themselves, or just a moment of attention all for themselves, brings me joy. Good suggestion. What would it take to make it?
I'd really like to see a photography community pop up. Not necessarily a /fujifilm /leica community, but a general photography place for folks to share their snaps, and get advice about techniques and gear.
Perhaps a community for people over 50. (Asking for a friend. Honestly.)
I am a Dark Souls addict and when I quit Reddit for good on July 1st, those are the subs I'll really miss most. I'm also a history teacher and adjunct and really will suffer without /r/AskHistorians.
Oh, r/askhistorians is precious.
Maybe a History community on here would be nice, at least, until there are enough folks for more specific spots.
Might not be the most popular option but a shitposting sub along the lines of 196/197/19684 is the major one for me. Would also love to see a 3dprinting community, but I kinda think something along the lines of technical hobbies/niches are a best case scenario for new services joining the fediverse.
Sysadmin, networking, homelab
Begs the question. Is there a way to request a new community on beehaw?
"Indie Products"- a place for people to nerd out about stuff made by small independent makers and for indie makers to find support maybe? I'm not a maker myself but I really enjoy buying from small businesses and finding out about cool products.
Any and all of the sports subreddits. Nothing brings more user engagement (positive and negative) than game threads for sporting events. The sooner we can get a thriving sports community going, the faster Lemmy or any social media app will grow.
r/ImSorryJon
Eldritch horror Garfield is essential to any online community.
/r/guitar, for those of use who struggle (and suck) at self-learning this amazing instrument.
A βFretsβ community would be great, for all the fretted instruments to hang out.
Edit: !guitars@lemmy.world brand spankinβ new
I would like to see a !videos on beehaw.org.
/r/games for me. I really like keeping tabs on gaming news.
I want equivalents for:
- r/Fantasy
- r/tipofmytongue (iirc that name - the one for helping people find shit they've forgotten)
- maybe r/52books (it produces too many simple posts to just go in r/books, not sure if the same would be true here)
- r/vegetarian
Edit: r/fantasy is the biggest one for me. In effect the subreddit is really more for SciFi and Fantasy, both - and other speculative fiction - and they have a yearly speculative fiction bingo card that's really fun to participate in. It's mostly books in practice but is not exclusively about books.
Looking for "local" city and state/province communities. A place to talk about local politics, share information on upcoming events/festivals, talk about traffic and weather.
But reality is Lemmy isn't that big yet. So maybe start regional like how midwest.social is doing and divide it up when activity is too much to handle.
I'd love to see a communities for: (some of these may be around, but I haven't searched for them yet)
Turn-based RPGs (BG3 for example) Real time with pause would also fit into turn-based.
Action/adventure (TOTK would be here).
JRPG
AmITheAsshole
Communities for the different US states and the biggest city in the state.
ebikes
electric cars
Fitness (a general one and women and men's communities just because the focus is often quite different between the two)
Weightlifting
Nextfuckinglevel
Parrots or pet birds
Birdwatching
Restless leg syndrome (any any other chronic condition like lupus, MS etc)
Uplifting news
Woodworking
Carving (more niche, only carving not furniture making)
Kayaking
Sewing
Photography software and techniques
A View from my Window (or deck, or yard. focus on where you live, not glamor vacation pix)
City Planning (a place to discuss how to get involved in city politics to do things like create biking paths, better sidewalks, etc.)
KindleScribe (or any e-ink device you write/draw on like Remarkable, Boox, Supernote)
Longevity (research focused on health extension and longer life spans)
These may be too specific, but I thought I'd toss them all out there. Sorry for the craptacular lack of formatting. I forgot to hit the list style button.
Iβve setup an instance focused on some niche topics and hobbies, thereβs not much there yet but here they are if anyone wants!
FFXIV β https://possumpat.io/c/ffxiv
Bugs β https://possumpat.io/c/bugmenagerie
Esports β https://possumpat.io/c/esports
Gundam β https://possumpat.io/c/gundam
Star Trek β https://possumpat.io/c/startrek
/r/telescopes or any equivalent for practical astronomy. There are a couple of communities but they're not active at all.
If you find them interesting try setting one up! Id be sure to follow as i also have enjoyed those communities!
anime
but at the same time I can see how another lemmy instance could be setup for being more anime/japan stuff oriented
If we could have an anime community on beehaw that didn't fill up with garbage sexism and transphobia like so many anime communities on the internet, I would absolutely love it.
Game related communities (/r/tf2, /r/chess to name a few!)
Edit: Just realised I want some tech-related stuff like /r/homelab, /r/selfhosted, /r/privacy, /r/homeserver and more
There was a time when /r/youtubehaiku was one of my most visited subs. It would be great to see more short weird videos that give you a little chuckle.
I'd like to see a community specifically dedicated to tabletop RPGs. Don't think I've seen one of those yet.
I miss r/actuallesbians, r/MTF, and some obscure gaming communties like r/titanfall, r/Metroid and r/Earthbound.
Oh and the brainrot known as r/okbuddychicanery and r/anarchychess.
The general feel so far Iβve seen on beehaw is that wider communities are preferred - one operating systems community instead of separate Linux, Mac, Windows, etc. Same with gaming. The idea being that wider communities bring more exposure to niche subtopics.
Meme/circlejerk/shitposting. Things like r/noncrediblediplomacy, r/linguisitcshumor, r/mapporncirclejerk, r/okbuddyholy (and Weezer in generak).
I'm not sure if it's within scope of beehaw, 'cause I know that the meme page here already asks for people not to upload images directly to save server space (which I totally respect) but I really lurked and enjoyed r/egg_IRL and r/traa and I'm definitely keeping my eye out for where the trans meme share lands.
I was really enjoying r/me_irlgbt lately. And r/traaaaaaannnnnssss (definitely the wrong number of letters here).
I agree the trans memes are valuable, especially these days. They're a hopeful spot in a dark world rn.
Edit: I like r/egg_irl too but it does sometimes have a tendency toward some problems with people calling other people eggs who might not actually be eggs, instead of just talking about themselves. The effect being a weird roundabout gender roles policing.