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What is a sub/community that you wish existed (actively) on Lemmy?

Maybe there are others like you and we can actually get it running, or maybe to already exists but you just don't know!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

UsbCHardware

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

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It exists, but there is almost nobody writing. I also haven't seen any other writing communities. I'm not interested in writing, usually, but I always enjoy reading what others have wrote.

HFY is basically the only reason I get on Reddit nowadays.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Dad for a minute and internet parents! They were my favourite

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I never actually participated in discussions on there, but r/soccer is still my go-to source for keeping up to date with football news. That's probably the one I feel the most.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Comic_Crits and ctpsd creatives. Somewhere to post personal comic art to share and receive feedback.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm very new so I haven't explored much yet, but I wish there were more subcomminities of the communities, like for example on Reddit there's subreddits for metal, but also subreddits for specific artists within that.

Or how there's all the gaming communities but not many sub communities for specific games outside of maybe some of the larger games/game series.

I guess just more niche or deeper within a specific topic communities I'd say. But there may just not be enough people to go super specific with communities yet. Or I haven't found them yet.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I miss national and regional meme communities such as 2visegrad4u. Cultural and historical context makes the memes flow much better.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A nudist/naturist sub would be really nice, been missing out on events lately so at least chatting about it would help shake the feeling of isolation.

Also, a space for plural systems would be super appreciated. We wouldn't really know what to say in it but it's really cool meeting other systems and learning about them.

-Finn (fae/she)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

https://morethanone.info/ is a great resource for learning about systems, in short it's where multiple entities (or alters) with their own unique personalities share the body and mind (a headspace.)

-Cass (xe/xem)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Without a doubt, it's Queens of League. It's an unhinged, thirsty gay mob shitposting about League of Legends.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I would've thought GURPS would be more represented in the Lemmy demographics.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Communities for news, papers, and general conversation around humanities and social sciences. Communities for underground music (e.g., goth music).

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