For me it’s been communities like /r/buildapc, /r/buildapcforme, /r/buildapcsales, /r/gamedeals, and /r/consoledeals have been useful throughout the years.
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Hello fellow ex-tildes user, I hope you find this place more welcoming and less STEM focused 😀
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might have also been from Reddit, I’m an old bunny by this point ☠
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In that case, glad you found your way over here. My experiences on Tildes were important learning opportunities for me. I realized how much discussions for a community to interact with itself were a necessary part of keeping communities healthy
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Same reason I stopped using Tildes lol. I liked many of the things Tildes brought to the table… but ultimately, it didn’t really offer anything different from Reddit
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.
Definitely a good one.
For me, the real magic of Reddit was in hyperspecific niche communities full of hobbyist experts – or even professionals. Places like r/tolkienfans.
count me in on a tolkienfans replacement!
Unfortunately that is only possible when you have a very large user base; it’s the only thing still keeping me (a bit) on Reddit
Once I get back home next week I am going to start my own server for paganism/heathenry/animism
Let me know when you set it up, Îd love to join.
Saving your comment so I remember :)
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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/creativeI love those type of places. And the wikis people create have been so helpful when trying to start a new hobby.
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
A knitting and crochet community, regardless if its separated or together as a unified fiber arts community would be a godsend
I found [email protected] trying to get off the ground. (hope I got that link formatting right)
2nd Classical Music… It’s quite different from popular “music” and wouldn’t fit there.
Knitting or a unified fiberarts would be fantastic.
Glad to report that r/menopause has moved to c/[email protected]
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
Yes! This has always been my main use for Reddit, as a retro PC and console collector.
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!
CT here. I’d go in if you really wanna!
I’m in CT too. Let’s go!
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?
Well, come to think of it. I guess we are making it right now. Just being here and being kind to what people share, and enjoying the moment of conversation.
Yes. I also liked the CongratsLikeImFive sub.
Anime, for everything good and holy, please add anime lol
Surprised by this
Anime/manga, and maybe a collector spot? For figures, merch, any physical collections. :)
“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.
Oh this one’s a good one. I am always trying to find small independent businesses to use.
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.
Ooh that is the kind of content that would really make me feel at home. We need a corner for stupid humor.
For sure! Though I might be mistaken but isn’t there already the humor one here? :o
I very much appreciate the recommendation though!
True, but places like 19684 have a certain flavor of humor. It’s like absurdism had a baby with r/dank_memes while occasionally huffing brake cleaner. 😂
Beehaw isn’t ready for it yet as we need to get bigger, but eventually I could see it thriving here.
Haha yeah, that seems a pretty accurate gist of it. You’re right though, think its just a thing that will come with time and the number of folk start to necessitate subdividing things a little.
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.
There’s one on Lemmy.
Sysadmin, networking, homelab
Begs the question. Is there a way to request a new community on beehaw?
[email protected] Is gaining some traction
Thanks!. Found it just after the comment. There was a instance called infosec.pub the other day that seemed to have some promise. Seems down now as well.
Looks like infosec.pub is back online.
Yeah I sent the admin a note via dm and it was back this afternoon. I’m thinking just the web-ui was borked. Not sure. Also unsure if it was correlation or causation.
Nice, appreciate it. I wanted to check it out earlier but it was still offline. Your comment reminded me to check back.
Same here, it was nice to have a global water cooler to see what peoples experiences with various vendors tended to be, and just to hear what was going on.
Perhaps a community for people over 50. (Asking for a friend. Honestly.)
I’d join!
