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Is there any community or communities you like the most?

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[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 66 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Does anyone know of communities where the posts are many paragraphs of OC selftext with the comments discussing it? I don't really care what the content is, but that's for format I'm looking for. So far it's just links, cat pics, and memes...

[–] Tots@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago

Agreed! I loved communities like AITA, relationship advice, etc... on Reddit.

[–] Madbrad200@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago

Lemmy is still in that early link aggregator stage, Reddit was like this too for awhile.

as the saying goes, be the change you wish to see...

[–] rahmad@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

You may want to check out tildes.net -- great community, totally text focused experience. I find that tildes complements lemmy well, and end up on both (in addition to a few other sites) to get a well rounded aggregation/discussion experience.

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[–] UhBell@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Best of redditor updates was my favorite of these, even if most of them were probably made up.

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[–] cod@lemmy.world 60 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Shameless plug for my community !patientgamers@sh.itjust.works which I think is quite neat. Best gaming community imo

[–] JingJang@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is a great community.

The Lemmy community is far better than the subreddit

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[–] fiat_lux@kbin.social 52 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

Almost any community named "cat" or "dog". People should post more pictures of their happy non-human family.

Please. I need a way to break up the solid pages of awful global news in my feed, and I haven't got any of my own to hug.

edited to add: here's a list of cat communities , if there are other lists for other animals let me know.

Some other animal communities I subscribe to (not exhaustive):

[–] ndguardian@lemmy.studio 36 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] partsofspeech87@lemm.ee 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And I’m doing my part!

[–] fiat_lux@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

So sweet. Please spread the joy to your choice of cat community too!

[–] fiat_lux@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I appreciate you. All three of you. And I really like the sunflower scratching post too!

[–] ndguardian@lemmy.studio 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

My fiancΓ© got it, as she loves sunflowers. And we appreciate you too!

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[–] anon6789@beehaw.org 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've been trying my best at getting !superbowl@lemmy.world going. It needs more activity, I can only photograph so many owls!

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[–] NightOwl@lemmy.one 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I didn't need to block communities when I first started lemmy, but then predictably became necessary as time passed so went block crazy and now feed is easier again to try and find intersting communities when browsing all over news agregators.

[–] fiat_lux@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's the thing though, I do want to know about the topics and events, they're important and have huge consequences. But previously I was relying on nice things from communities I enjoy hearing from to space the more painful content out.

I have learnt that nice content requires a lot more activity if it stands a chance against the sheer volume of news created. But I also know there are lots of people here who have nice content to share that would benefit us all.

[–] NightOwl@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I used to, but I've switched entirely over the RSS after years of relying on places like reddit for news. It's still the same news sources, but I noticed now seeing all the articles released that day how much stuff is cherry picked to submit that has the best chance of gaining traction due to alarmist headlines. So seeing a lot more of the headlines without the community algorithm that determines what is shown.

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[–] greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org 42 points 2 years ago (1 children)

With the death of reddit, the only thing i mourned was the loss of r/196 but now I have 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

[–] quaff@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I’ve been seeing this in the All section… what is it?

[–] seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It is a meme community that is LGBT oriented and left-leaning

[–] quaff@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

Ahhh this makes a lot of sense! Thank you πŸ™

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

World’s finest queer shitposting

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[–] Madbrad200@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I made a list of good casual Lemmy communities recently that you might find helpful :)

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[–] foobar@lemmy.villa-straylight.social 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] variants@possumpat.io 9 points 2 years ago

I appreciate they aren't all from the same instance!

[–] DoisBigo@lemmy.eco.br 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sciencefiction@lemmy.world

Piracy db0

All lemmynsfw because named people and hentai.

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[–] d0m@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Madbrad200@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

!selfhosted@lemmy.world

fixed link

[–] Terevos@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago

I happen to like !whatcouldgowrong@lemm.ee

Probably because I am a mod there. :-)

[–] variants@possumpat.io 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

!sideoftheroad@possumpat.io

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[–] TeaHands@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

I see we're all shilling the communities we mod, which makes sense if you think about it. So in that vein:

For more gamedev-related communities we've got a sticky post here, and for more crafting communities of all shapes and sizes there's one here!

Apart from those I've been hanging around in !ukcasual@lemmy.world since both my and its very first day here on Lemmy. Like the name suggests, basically just casual UK chatter without the scourge of politics. Lots of moaning about the weather.

!discworld@lemmy.ml could do with more Pratchett fans finding it, it's been pretty dead for the last month (not entirely surprising though as the subreddit wasn't huge either).

And another shoutout to !anarchychess@sopuli.xyz because LOL.

[–] LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

!imaginarystarships@lemmy.world helps to feed my starship addiction.

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[–] ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)
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[–] wilberfan@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Other than the ones we mod, you mean? 🀭

[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I might be a little biased but I agree

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

!boardgames@feddit.de

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

the one that is up

[–] LazaroFilm@artemis.camp 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Madbrad200@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

!idiotsincars@lemmy.world

[–] lefty7283@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

But if a plug but !astrophotography@lemmy.world if you like space pics taken by amateurs

[–] jimmydoreisalefty@lemmus.org 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)
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[–] ds12@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

!internetisbeautiful@feddit.de for interesting and fun sites folks have come across.

I'm a fellow Malaysian, so this one's country-specific: !cafe@monyet.cc. A chill and free-for-all chat, and nice to get a little hit of the Malaysian vibe while living away from home.

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