jtzlHow do I find obscure sub-lemmies?
Maiq
SamsyI don’t like seeing the same posts again and again.
ramasses
Schwim DandyIf we go by def 3 of MW:
3 : relatively unknown: such as a : remote, secluded an obscure village b : not prominent or famous an obscure poet c : requiring knowledge that is restricted to a limited group a movie full of obscure references to pop culture
Just close your eyes, move your mouse and click and no matter where you end up, you’ll have found one.
The common term is “communities” or “comms”, I think.
I would try to look for servers dedicated to the subject you’re interested in and see what communities they have. Keep in mind that there are much fewer users on Lemmy than Reddit, so there might not be a specialized community for a given subject. And if there is, it might be very small/inactive.
Ah thanks.
And, yeah, thank you. I’m hopeful a smaller user base will be a feature, not a bug.
PlumI still say “subs” since you still subscribe to them. It’s just an easy, already-in-place word
Cris_CitrusTheyre called communities, which I often shorten to “comm” or “comms”. Mbin calls them magazines. Not sure if piefed has its own name for things
[email protected] [email protected]
These two comms, and searching manually for keywords related to stuff I’m interested in. In the thunder and Jerboa apps that pulls up relevant communities
pruwybenA few communities that might be helpful:
[email protected] - New Communities - A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.
[email protected] - Community Promo - Promote your favourite communities and ask about communities that you are looking for!
[email protected] - Trending Communities - Daily post by a bot highlighting trending communities.
[email protected] - Lemmy Directory - This community has bots making regular posts showcasing best content from communities in given categories to help promote them.
[email protected] - Find a Community - A community to find other communities in any of the Lemmy instances.
(These were copied from a post I made in [email protected] a while back to get it up to date after the original mod disappeared).
Communities and tools for community and instance discovery - tchncs
## Community discovery communities [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] - New Communities - A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion. [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] - Community Promo - Promote your favourite communities and ask about communities that you are looking for! [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] - Trending Communities - Daily post by a bot highlighting trending communities. [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] - Lemmy Directory - This community has bots making regular posts showcasing best content from communities in given categories to help promote them. [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] - Find a Community - A community to find other communities in any of the Lemmy instances. ## Community and instance discovery tools Lemmy Explorer [https://lemmyverse.net/communities] -A tool to search and filter for communities or instances. You can change the software in the top left to switch to PieFed Explorer [https://lemmyverse.net/piefed/communities] or Mbin Explorer [https://lemmyverse.net/mbin/magazines] (I believe there are plans to have a combined search in the future) Fediverse Observer [https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/] - Find a Lemmy instance near you, or view instance lists, maps, or stats. Can also be used with other Fediverse software including PieFed [https://piefed.fediverse.observer/] and Mbin [https://mbin.fediverse.observer/]. Some Fediverse software, including Mbin, Friendica, and Mastodon, uses # tags to help with discovery on the microblogging side. Mastodon also treats community names as tags in a given post, e.g. posts in both [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] and [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] having the # fediverse tag when propagating to there. ## Communities for other questions [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] - Questions about Lemmy software/development [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] - Questions about Piefed software/development [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] - Questions about any topic that you need help with [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] - Open-ended questions to prompt discussion For support with a specific instance (e.g. login/account issues, requests to mod), check in your instance’s local communities to see if there is a help/support community, such as [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] for lemmy.world ---- The above was compiled to try to share active communities and resources to help with discovery. Some inactive communities were excluded, but could be added if they become active again. Please leave a comment if you want to add anything, or have any suggestions!
Do any Lemmy uis have a random feature?
Ahh-- that’s the program I use. This actually highlights my problem with federation*. It seems like there’s gotta be something between “customize everything” and "customize nothing."
- and if I have this struggle, people like my mom will never adopt. My dog is highly motivated to stick w things, and she routinely inspires me to keep trying stuff until I succeed. For many tasks, the benefits aren’t clear upfront, presumably reducing adoption.
the sublemmies seems very ghost towny, compard to reddits, “sub-subreddits”