True, but I was still curious about what communities get mentioned here. And also, without communities catering to different users' interests, there will be no engagement.
All the niche communities exist it’s just that nobody comments or posts anything for months on end. I actually think that the existence of many of the same communities on different instances is the main hurdle here. Drawback of the concept of the fediverse I suppose but it does make the experience on Lemmy much poorer in that regard.
Same here. It's content about a thing that I want to see. Even if I get little to no engagement, hopefully whoever stumbles upon it will be somewhat entertained.
This is a double edged sword. If we had enough people that the smaller communities filled out the main communities would be overridden with people instead of the small community feel we have now everywhere you go.
What’s the draw of having such a small community though? And why do you think that main communities would be overriden? Honest questions here I don’t quite understand what you are concerned about. I personally think that it’s the main problem with the fediverse right now, it’s only flavorless general posts and nothing from small niche interest that drew me to reddit in the first place.
japanfinance, japanlife, etc. It's not about the communities themselves, it's about the huge amount of knowledge and experience that rests in the people engaging with them
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It was quiet, but people would sometimes discuss various way for preventing screens etc from being too much a part of their daily lives.
Interesting mix of people, most of whom were chill. Always something new to discover. And they were pretty open to discussing the elephant in the room: much of everyone's collection had been looted at some point. The only notable exception to that was an AMA by a Jr. Sales Person from Harlan Berk. He got roasted.
The rest of this is just me ranting about coins.
Coins are a relatively new invention. The first recognizable coins were made in Lydia (modern day Turkey) around 600BCE. For perspective, Egypt's Old and New Kingdoms did not have standardized, metallic currency. (which is a shame - considering Egypt's art, their currency probably would have looked awesome).
Greek coinage emphasized art and sometimes local trade items. For example, if your city was famous for its horses your coins would probably feature horses.
Celtic coins often looked like their artists were eating every mushroom they could get their hands on.
Roman coins emphasized political power, and had a lasting impact on the rest of coinage in the west. For example, they standardized putting the Leader's head on the obverse, and an uplifting design on the reverse. Sometimes they'd put the Emperor's wife on the front, which is always fun. (Curiously, Canadians that I've talked to about this are obstinate that the Queen is on the back and that the Bluenose/Loon/Beaver/whatever is on the front.)
Of course China had its own monetary progression. Ant Nose Money and Spade Money, for example, preceded the round coin with square hole that has been prevalent for the past 1200-ish years. India produced some really cool square coins. Japan minted one and two "Bu" coins that were rectangular during the 1800s - and although that's stretching the definition of ancient, I think they're cool.
I kinda miss the activity of r/BobsBurgers, since it's one of my favorite shows, but at the same time, it can be a bit circlejerk-y with users hating on the change in direction the show went in, especially after the movie not too long ago. I don't miss that lol.
Thanks for the tip! I didn’t realize nosleep was getting mirrored. I had blocked that bot early on due to it cluttering up my feed, but I’ll unblock it and see how things are.
A populated am I the asshole. That one really needs a critical mass of all sorts of people to be fun. When my GF and I go out to eat we generally pull the top posts of the week and talk em over while we eat. It's a great conversation starter and a wonderful way to find out little stories that don't come up in everyday conversation.
I miss the regional/local subs. While there's technically a few for my region spread across different instances, none of them have much, if any, activity.
Of the more "niche" communities, the one I miss the most is r/fosteranimals. I started one here, and have posted a few times, but given the already limited audience, plus my inexperience at growing/moderating a community, and my tendency to be mostly a lurker, I have not managed any engagement in the community beyond up/down votes.
The fandom in the Godzilla sub was super active on Reddit. Not much going on here really. Some chatter recently from the buzz Minus One has been getting, but I miss the daily active discussions and dumb memes from people actually plugged in to the community.
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