update: we have a pretty good idea of what we’ll add to start, probably tomorrow. i’m unpinning this post and beginning to reply to posts in here with specifics. thank you for your suggestions to this point

no promises on any specific additions from me or the other mods, but now is a good time to gauge this.[1] for reference, our current 18 non-support communities are:[2]

  • Chat
  • Creative
  • Do It Yourself
  • Entertainment
  • Environment
  • Feminism
  • Finance
  • Free and Open Source Software
  • Gaming
  • Humanities
  • LGBTQ+
  • Music
  • News
  • Politics
  • Science
  • Space
  • Sports
  • Technology

try to be a little broad in your suggestions–this is still a site of just 1,000 people, so it simply can’t be as granular as reddit–but it’s fine if your suggestion is a specific subset of an already existing community or overlaps with one. Space and FOSS are some obvious examples of already existing overlap, and those communities work fine.

  1. and even if we don’t add a suggestion in the immediate term, knowing that there’s interest makes it easier to do so later ↩︎

  2. these communities can always be found at this link (or under the “communities” button), if you weren’t aware ↩︎

  • xuxxun@beehaw.orgEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    I did not see a community about disability, chronic illness, long-covid, accessibility, health issues, public health, and the fight against ableism. Is there one or did I just miss it? If there is none I think it would be good to have a community that allows talking about those issues specifically.

  • 108beads@beehaw.orgEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    Would really like to see (broadly phrased) “disability, caregiver & elder support.” I’m a brand new Reddit refugee, still wrapping my head around Beehaw, Lemmy, federation.

    On Reddit, I have been active on a cluster of subs which have been of great significance in my coping ability. My partner of 26 years has been dx’d with Alzheimers. It’s been a wild ride.

    I don’t think anyone over there is even aware of the go-dark campaign, or the impending July 1 Apocalypse. We’re all more focused on the IRL issues, and not the platform where we discuss these issues. At least, I don’t see any mention on the subs themselves.

    If and when things get rough on Reddit, there will be a number of folks wondering wtf, and feeling very frustrated if this lifeline disappears for reasons they cannot fathom. Perhaps we could invite mods to port over or start afresh on Behaw, and to invite subscribers (some of whom are not tecchy in the least) to follow. I can supply a list of reddits I’d like to see join.

    Thank you for considering.

  • PenguinCoder@beehaw.orgM
    2·
    2 years ago

    A big aspect of what helped Reddit gain notice and popularity was ‘Ask me Anything’ subreddit (r/IAMA). Described as a new kind of crowdsourced interview, you would have an OP/Participant that has some claim to fame/following come in and answer questions from regular users about ‘whatever’.

    • Gaywallet (they/it)@beehaw.orgM
      1·
      2 years ago

      I love this idea, but it requires quite a bit of overhead and recruiting to gain popularity. I’m not sure we’re large enough to acquire anyone particularly notable but I’m intrigued by the idea. Are you or anyone else willing to volunteer to help make a place like this work? I’m more than happy to chip in where I can, but this seems like quite the potential undertaking.

  • YouNaughtyMonsters@beehaw.org
    2·
    2 years ago

    I really enjoyed many of Reddit’s image subreddits: ImaginaryCityscapes, ImaginaryVillages, and so on. Also many of the “____porn” ones: waterporn, cloudporn, earthporn (although we might want an alternative to the “porn” in the sub titles.

  • Witch@beehaw.orgEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    Self improvement based communities. Not something like /r/getmotivated where it’s inspirational quotes and news that’s actually depressing, but things like fitness communities (/r/EOOD for an example of a chill community, /r/xxfitness for a larger community) would be nice.

  • abc@beehaw.orgEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    What about Explain Like I’m Five? That was a pretty cool sub, so it should be a pretty cool community on Lemmy and beehaw.org.

  • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    I think it’s a very clever idea of you to force a small number of generic communities and then specialise later as the user base grows. Because by doing this, you are preventing the small and precious user base from fragmenting into many small, mostly dead communities. Funneling all users into a select few to ensure activity is more important for healthy growth imho.

  • Jeft@beehaw.org
    2·
    2 years ago

    Just going down on my subscribed subreddits that I frequent the most, I’d probably say:

    • NBA
    • SquaredCircle
    • SteamDeck
    • DunderMifflin
    • NewParents
  • cavemeat@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    Something focused of DIY would be nice, to cover woodworking, sewing, knitting, etc

  • goat@beehaw.org
    1·
    2 years ago

    porn. specifically hentai please. mayhaps with a smidgen of monstergirl flavouring? (: