simpleJul 3, 2023

List of popular communities you should visit!

https://lemmy.world/post/983150

List of popular communities you should visit! - Lemmy.world

As Lemmy starts maturing, there starts being so many communities out there that it’s pretty hard to keep track. I’ve been browsing for about a month now, here’s a list of popular communities I’ve subscribed to that others would find interesting! Not many of these were noticeable while browsing communities so you may have missed some of these. I’ve roughly ranked these based on which I’d spend the most time on in each category. # General Discussion * !NoStupidQuestions @lemmy.world [/c/[email protected]] * !AskLemmy @lemmy.ml [/c/[email protected]] * !YouShouldKnow @lemmy.world [/c/[email protected]] * !Fediverse @lemmy.world [/c/[email protected]] * !general @lemmy.world [/c/[email protected]] * !showerthoughts @lemmy.world [/c/[email protected]] * !UKCasual @lemmy.world [/c/[email protected]] * !casualconversation @lemmy.world [/c/[email protected]] # Humor & Memes * !LemmyShitpost @lemmy.world [/c/[email protected]] * !memes @lemmy.ml [/c/[email protected]] * !me_irl @lemmy.ml [/c/[email protected]] * !dadjokes @lemmy.world [/c/[email protected]] * !trippinthroughtime @lemmy.ca [/c/[email protected]] * !humor @lemmy.world [/c/humor] * !linuxmemes @lemmy.world [/c/[email protected]] * !programmerhumor @programming.dev [/c/[email protected]] * !starwarsmemes @lemmy.world [/c/[email protected]] # Technology * !technology @lemmy.world [/c/[email protected]] * !technology @lemmy.ml [/c/[email protected]] * !privacyguides @lemmy.one [/c/[email protected]] * !privacy @lemmy.ml [/c/[email protected]] * !linux @lemmy.ml [/c/[email protected]] * !singularity @lemmy.fmhy.ml [/c/[email protected]] * !android @lemmy.world [/c/[email protected]] * !technews @radiation.party [/c/[email protected]] NOTE: This one is a bot community forwarding tech news. Not for discussion, but it’s useful to browse. # Pictures & Videos * !pics @lemmy.world [/c/[email protected]] * !videos @lemmy.world [/c/[email protected]] * !aww @lemmy.world [/c/[email protected]] * !internetfuneral @lemmy.world [[email protected]] * !AnimalsWithJobs @lemmy.world [/c/[email protected]] * !YoutubeHaiku @lemmy.world [/c/[email protected]] # Movies & TV * !moviesandtv @lemmy.film [/c/[email protected]] * !movies @lemmy.world [/c/[email protected]] * !television @lemmy.world [/c/[email protected]] # Video Games * games @sh.itjust.works [/c/[email protected]] * games @lemmy.world [/c/[email protected]] * pcmasterrace @lemmy.world [/c/[email protected]] * linux_gaming @lemmy.world [/c/[email protected]] * patientgamers @sh.itjust.works [/c/[email protected]] * ps5 @lemmy.ml [/c/[email protected]] * retrogaming @lemmy.world [/c/[email protected]] * nintendo @lemmy.world [/c/[email protected]] And that’s it. Whew. Obviously I might have missed some, but these are the most interesting communities for me.

Show threadKinolee
I still don't understand how to subscribe to groups that aren't on my instance. I sometimes was able to get it to work on my PC but it's impossible on mobile. This platform needs a lot of work.
Jul 3, 2023 at 12:05pmWeb
Show threadFinalBoy1975Jul 3, 2023
You aren't alone. I'm still trying to figure it out, too. First step was to settle on my go-to instance, which just today I've decided will be kbin.
Show threadKinoleeJul 3, 2023
I picked kbin too. It seems like the most complete platform, and is more easy to navigate than lemmy... but that's kind of a low bar. I'm still very lost.
Show threadpossumJul 3, 2023
Ironically, the trouble you’re having with subscribing is because you’re on Kbin. On Lemmy you can just click the links in the post
Show threadfailuerJul 3, 2023

Ok - I just figured it out but it was not intuitive. This is for kbin.social. Unsure of the differences to Lemmy.

You have to go to search, then click magazines. This link should take you right there:

https://kbin.social/magazines

Then search for what you want eg newcommunities.

That should show local communities as well as ones that are federated.

It wasn’t apparent on mobile but apparently there’s a subscribe button on the search results on the right side.

If you click on the community you can still subscribe but clicking the side bar on the left. There’s a subscribe button if you scroll down a bit.

Magazines - kbin.social

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Show threadMxM111Jul 3, 2023
On PC, if you are browsing any magazine (local or not) you can clearly see the subscribe(and block) button on the right. I usually go to the magazine of interest when I read interesting post.
Show threadEatALimeJul 3, 2023
On mobile you can click the menu button in the upper left corner to get to the thread and magazine info of your current page to follow that thread or subscribe to the magazine it was posted to. It's quicker than scrolling all the way to the bottom of the page.
Show threadphosphorikJul 3, 2023
And the communities in the list aren’t clickable. Pretty low hanging fruit for reducing friction. (Like, the platform should automatically link them, not that OP should have.)
Show threadKinoleeJul 3, 2023
I 100% agree. I should just be able to click a link to go to a community, and then there should be a simple way to subscribe when I get there. Like... that functionality may not be "basic" to program, but it is a basic necessity for ease of use and growth...
Show threadGeekFTWJul 3, 2023

So I'm on Kbin.social right now. Let's say I wanna view our gaming community. like how Reddit has:

Reddit.com/r/Subredditname

I would go to:

kbin.social/m/magazinename

You on lemmy.world would go to:

lemmy.world/c/communityname

Super simple so far I hope lol. Same url format, just a C instead of an R on lemmy, and M instead of an R on kbin.

Let's say I on kbin wanna see your gaming community. If I did kbin.social/m/gaming, I would get mine. The url though can act like how an email address does, by adding a domain to the end of it. So if I did kbin.social/m/[email protected], I'll see your gaming community. Same if you do lemmy.world/c/gaming you see yours, but lemmy.world/c/[email protected] you should see ours.

If I got those URL's right that is lol

Both kbin and lemmy instances do also have other ways to get to other instances to sub, but the instructions I provided are based just on the url so it should work for anyone while ya get used to the UI and new platform and whatnot.

Show threadepsilonneighborJul 3, 2023
Exact info I’ve been hoping to find, thorough and concise - thank you!
Show threadKinoleeJul 3, 2023

This was helpful, and I understand it now, thanks! It's just SO clunky though to have to use a different URL to get to the same place depending on what instance you're a member of. I don't understand what the benefit of all this added complication is. I feel like good programming should make it so that when I type [email protected], whatever instance I'm in should just automatically link me to their version of the URL. Like kbin should know that that needs to go to kbin.social/m/[email protected] without me having to change anything.

And in the meantime... we're going to have different communities for each instance because of how confusing this all is. Who decided that [email protected] was going to be the default memes community? Won't there be other communities that pop up at [email protected] and [email protected] etc? It seems like chaos to me. How do I know which one is the right one?

Show threadr00tyJul 3, 2023

I posted an answer above to the same question.

In case you cannot see it:

You're on a kbin instance, and it is the main one so most of them are probably already there. If any of them is not, just click the search button at the top of the screen and enter the name you see above without the ! and without the space before the @. e.g. "[email protected]", your instance will then look it up and subscribe you to it if found.

It might take a while for threads to begin to appear if it wasn't already there though.

Show threadZickZackJul 3, 2023
I can just go to the search tab and look for the magazine (e.g. Search for retro gaming) and find an the other instances.
I think s fair number of people forget to switch the search to magazines before looking (or are actually subscribing to other instances but don't notice it)