For me it’s been communities like /r/buildapc, /r/buildapcforme, /r/buildapcsales, /r/gamedeals, and /r/consoledeals have been useful throughout the years.

  • Something Clever@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I would love to see something like r/AskHistorians. It’s my favorite sub by far, and something I have really seen anywhere else. It’s heavily moderated (in a good way), and the answers are all high quality and sourced. It’s pretty much why I held on to my reddit account as long as I have.

  • Pigeon@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I want equivalents for:

    • r/Fantasy
    • r/tipofmytongue (iirc that name - the one for helping people find shit they’ve forgotten)
    • maybe r/52books (it produces too many simple posts to just go in r/books, not sure if the same would be true here)
    • r/vegetarian

    Edit: r/fantasy is the biggest one for me. In effect the subreddit is really more for SciFi and Fantasy, both - and other speculative fiction - and they have a yearly speculative fiction bingo card that’s really fun to participate in. It’s mostly books in practice but is not exclusively about books.

  • petrichorbreeze@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Any and all of the sports subreddits. Nothing brings more user engagement (positive and negative) than game threads for sporting events. The sooner we can get a thriving sports community going, the faster Lemmy or any social media app will grow.

  • Meilindis@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I’d love to see communities about:

    • crafting (fibre crafts like knitting and spinning in particular)
    • classical music
    • photography
    • Latin
    • history (r/askhistorians?)
    • cats
    • art
    • cooking
    • writing
    • Star Trek
    • menopause
    • AuDHD
    • birdwatching
    • gardening
    • reading
  • Engywuck@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    /r/guitar, for those of use who struggle (and suck) at self-learning this amazing instrument.

  • BobQuasit@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I’d like to see a book suggestion community with a decent number of requests. Something like r/booksuggestions or r/suggestmeabook. Most of what I did on Reddit was recommend books in response to requests.

    I wouldn’t mind seeing a New England community, either. Or Massachusetts one. I’d start one up, but I don’t know if I could handle the moderation responsibilities!

  • Wolfric82@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Off the top of my head communities like

    r/3rprinting r/instantpot r/todayilearned r/therewasanattempt r/space r/changemyview r/unpopularopinion

  • KerooSeta@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I am a Dark Souls addict and when I quit Reddit for good on July 1st, those are the subs I’ll really miss most. I’m also a history teacher and adjunct and really will suffer without /r/AskHistorians.

    • Pigeon@beehaw.orgEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Oh, r/askhistorians is precious.

      Maybe a History community on here would be nice, at least, until there are enough folks for more specific spots.

      • luna@beehaw.orgEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        The thing is that askhistorians is, uniquely among subreddits, both staffed by professionals in the field and heavily moderated. It is an investment by credentialed, dedicated professionals, and would not work otherwise. I think something like that would be highly attractive, but I caution anyone against trying to resurrect it without access to those credentialed, dedicated professionals. Otherwise it becomes shittyaskhistorians but unironically; at worst it would be ancient aliens.

  • Username@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    “Indie Products”- a place for people to nerd out about stuff made by small independent makers and for indie makers to find support maybe? I’m not a maker myself but I really enjoy buying from small businesses and finding out about cool products.

  • BraveLilToaster@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    There was a time when /r/youtubehaiku was one of my most visited subs. It would be great to see more short weird videos that give you a little chuckle.