Niche communities you're in that haven't had much interaction? EDIT: Thanks for all your suggestions!
Just curious to see what communities you would like to see more engagement in.
Here's a couple I joined but it's been pretty quiet:
I like this idea. We should make a topic like this every month or so, maybe in the fediverse community, too. Discoverability is so hard on the fediverse.
Agreed, an occasional 'niche community spotlight' post to different meta communities would be great. I've found heaps here I had no idea existed!
The old subreddit r/bestof was great for finding niche communities on Reddit. Maybe a Lemmy version could exist, but aimed specifically at highlighting niche communities and their content?
There was the subreddit of the day on reddit that was cool to see smaller or obscure ones highlighted. Something like that would be nice on here as well.
I usually try to populate the main ones, even popular ones such as !comicstrips@lemmy.world or !europe@feddit.de don't have that much content.
I'm taking those two as examples because comicstrips usually makes it to Top of All when content is posted, and Europe is potentially appealing to a large audience (326 users a week)
My favorite cat sub, !scrungycats@lemmy.world.
I created !onskates@lemmy.graz.social, a community for quad & inline skating. So far there was only a single post from someone other than me. 🥲
I’d also like to go much more niche with a community specifically for wizard skating. But considering the limited popularity of skating communities, there is no need to hurry creating that one.
I’ll contribute! I ride urban skates myself and have been on ice and inline skates since childhood.
@smeikx Same with @rollerblading. The sub is pretty big on reddit, but no one is looking for it here, apparently.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/gWsZYBCc56Q
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.
Can't go the community. "Page not found" for me
Edit: Sorry. It was a Summit error. Works fine on Sync
Never heard of wizard skating, watching the video now! Pretty interesting.
I went the BMX route, but my flatmate has always wanted to get back into rolling the blades.
I even posted pictures my entire collection some weeks ago to get things kickstarted but is no moving.
!sbcgaming@lemmy.ml, used to explore it daily on that other site, but now it hardly receives new posts :(
That's a thing?! Closest is me half running xonotic on a rasp pi(fonts didn't load)
Yes it is a thing, and it is a beautiful thing.
Really trying to get !geocaching@lemmy.world off the ground
Joined, I've been meaning to get into this since I first heard about it like a decade ago.
Honestly? I'm just wondering why there is noone on league of legends related Communities like !league@lemmy.ml considering how active r/leagueoflegends was/is
Here are some
TheNightFeeling was my primary source of wallpapers on the other website. Thanks for mentioning this one.
I did the exact same, and it works great with dark mode style theming
Just subbed to awwducational, love that it's moderated by Nosferatu lol
Good taste, I'm already subbed to thenightfeeling!
Amazing! I'll post some stuff eventually 😄
Subbed to the night feeling!!
Most of the ones I created;
All of these are largely just me posting! The last two do get occasional posts from others.
Thanks for creating the Lemmings one!
I created @insectphotography during the migration and it started off nicely. Activity has gone down though so be welcome to just check in if you’re interested or have something to share!
This was a fucked up place to learn about.
.. I joined!
Yay! So glad to see this again!!!
Electronic hobbyist pages for Arduino and Expressif microcontrollers for project help and showcasing protects people are working on:
oo helpful to have, thanks!
!miamihurricanes@fanaticus.social
As the name suggests, it’s for fans of Miami Hurricane sport teams. I’m more or less the only poster right now.
!battlestations@lemmy.ml has been pretty quiet... I miss looking at cool setups and vicariously imagining myself using them.
On a similar note, !buildapcsales@lemmy.ml to help turn your vicarious dreams into a reality.
Joined and posted!
There are not enough single game focused communities, and the ones that do exist either have nobody in them, or are just bots spamming low-effort content that don't garner discussion.
Communities for JRPGs (Japanese role-playing games, like Final Fantasy or Persona).
!JRPGs@kbin.social has the most subscribers so far, but the mod at !jrpg@lemmy.zip has been more active in discussion.
Edit: huh, just noticed the kbin community hasn't updated in a while through my lemmy instance. Known issue maybe?
Maybe due to this bug? https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/issues/875
Joining!
Arabic is on my list to learn
Welcome aboard. Don't hesitate to ask/post there when you have questions.
What's the community name supposed to mean?
It means exactly what it says. A space for secular Arabic speaking folks to hang out without the noise of religion that we Arabs are drowned in. Doesn't mean religious people can't participate, they can, but no religion discussions. Also doesn't mean non-arabic speakers can't hang out :)
I created !15minutecity@slrpnk.net and it's got some activity but it could definitely use more!
I'm already subbed but I'll try contribute!
!whatisthiscar@lemmy.world - Post pictures of spotted cars that you cannot identify.
!oldcars@kbin.social - for classic car enthusiasts
!swimming@lemmy.world - self-explanatory
!countrymusic@lemmy.world - Country Music
!idiotsincars@lemmy.world - also self-explanatory, a bit more active than the others. Submit your dashcam footage here of idiot drivers
I dont own/mod any of these but would like to see more people active in them
OHHHH Idiots IN cars!
Not Idiot Sin Cars
The one I created! 😏
!aeropress@lemmy.world For all your puckshots.
the instance is pretty much dead and that means the community is dead also.
I'm a big fan of !Cocktails@lemmy.world
'Does your aviation taste like nail polish remover?'
That was a strange post title to read.
Lol it's like a buzzfeed article
I'm hoping the various plushies based communities that were made get more traction. The biggest one seems to be on an instance I've never heard of until now.
sffa.community stands for Science Fiction Fantasy Alliance. It's a small instance focused on Sci-fi and Fantasy in all mediums but its still trying to get on its feet.
Can you post a link to it?
Oh, I thought the link in my comment worked, sorry. https://sffa.community/
I wanted to post a meme but I remembered it fell into oblivion as I had deleted it from Reddit having had no copies left on my side
Kava!
https://kbin.social/m/genart - it's a community for sharing and discussing generative art!
Thanks lol I struggled with how to format this link