Asklemmy

TV, movie and book discussion communities aren't very active around here.

Seeing as this thread is still active, instead of continuing to reply to people throughout, gonna go ahead and put this out here.

If you're not finding an active community for something (safe for work, that is) or any community whatsoever for your interest, you're welcome to post about the topics that interest you in [email protected] till you find enough likeminded people to get a separate community going. This was always allowed tbh, but I've tried to make it more explicit and clear that it's cool.

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A Tolkien based active community would be great. Reddit had/has a few that were fairly active. There are communities here but really not active at all.

Also wish the NBA community was more active - quite frankly surprised it's not.

I would like an opera community.

Portland, OR

Rocket League, and lots of other games, seem to have stayed on Reddit.

Judo !

Tbh I wish the Lego communities on Lemmy were more active, aside from critiquing the odd announcement for a new set.

I would really like a community for Volkswagen cars with q&a on mechanical problems, tips etc so I can stop going to reddit

Command and conquer, OpenTTD and OpenRCT2. Also Linux audio production

Guitar practice, theory, etc.

There's a community for it but it's practically dead

Asahi Linux. There is a community at [email protected], but it kinda seems abandoned.

Oh I guess "an active community for fanfiction of this specific TV show or videogame I like to enjoy" would be far too niche, right?

Fine, then I'll say immersive teaching (using dioramas, doing experiments on the field, etc... for teaching classes), and alone / 2-people living lifehacks (in particular in this economy).

Pro Revenge. It's the only reason I watch those TTS Reddit YouTubers

Coffee. There are a couple of Lemmy communities but none of them are that active. Reddit had r/coffee and r/espresso that were both fairly active

Would love it if there is actually an active Tea community on Lemmy. The ones on Lemmy are pretty much dead. The Reddit one is super active.

Also, Lemmy doesn't have active communities for individual games like Reddit does. They are useful to obtain information, get help, talk about builds, etc

Gore

Reddit had quite a few, pretty popular Buddhist subs. There isn't even ONE buddhist sub here with more than 3 active ppl. And those are usually the same person posting. I still use reddit from time to time in my phone browser just to check them out, but maybe one day we'll have more on lemmy.

My town. It has an active subreddit but last I checked there were only 2 in the Lemmy community.

For me, it's any community of Tradespeople. I can find relevant manufacturer and adjacent code regulations for modern equipment or building techniques anywhere online. The problem comes from obscure-ancient technology that was discontinued 60+ years ago, the only references to those are on Reddit and very specific forums.

I recently ran into an electrical panel that was built in the 60's and was promptly made illegal (split bus residential panel, no singular main disconnect switch). Even being trained and educated as an Electrical Engineer, it only gave me the ability to understand what the panel was doing, not the history and use cases of the past (since their use in residential applications is obsolete). I was able to find discussions between inspectors and electricians, how things played out with local authorities, and the on going debate of their practicality by actual professors discussing regulations and safety. I will miss these resources if they become unavailable at a future date (the whole enshitification process).

That being said, places with higher than average traffic (like reddit now) tend to give a lot of crappy answers. Lot's of diy'ers thinking their way is best (whether it's code compliant or not), and others who don't care about discussion and only want to say you're doing it wrong because it's not how they would do it (and nets them the highest profit margin on a job). There's lots of owners out there that are probably afraid to ask a question now adays because of the responses (same linux community effect), even though the information around it could be important.

Terrariums. I love miniature things, including tiny ecosystems. There’s a few communities on Lemmy, but they’re mostly inactive, and have a tiny amount of subscribers.

Aquariums. I don't have one of my own but love to see pictures of other people's.

More outdoors stuff. They exist, but not very active. Mountaineering, climbing, camping, overlanding, etc. Love people sharing their adventures and all the gear and tips & tricks discussions.