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.
Art/design related communities. I made a few here but I was the only one posting. Also miss the model making/diorama/mini painting subs. And some other little niche hobby communities.
Oh also local city communities are basically nonexistent here and it will prob take years for that to become viable here.
Essentially all of the ones that I used. r/Minecraft, r/minecraftsuggestions, r/conlangs, r/vexillology, r/pixelart, etc.
The thing is that all of these have communities and magazines on the fediverse — it's just that there's little, if any, activity on them. I don't think you can really say that these communities are here if they have one person posting on them regularly.
The only communities that actually have a solid amount of activity here are ones about memes and news. If that's all that you used Reddit for, then the fediverse is doing great, and such people will act baffled at how anyone could stay on or miss Reddit. But for everyone else, the content just isn't there.
Same thing for ttrpgs. That was pretty much all I used reddit for the last few years. It has since just gone away. I've functionally stopped accruing new rpg creators and news.
Also comics. I followed a lot of new creators in the last few years. Most of them only post on Reddit.
Yeah, it'd be nice to see an active Geometry Dash community given that 2.2 just released. /m/geometrydash is in the abandoned magazines section, so I might request ownership and try to get a bit of activity going there.
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.
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.
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.
There are some small, niche reddit communities I miss. Unfortunately since this part of the fediverse is small, the niche communities are even smaller. Either moderated by one person and no posts, or it just doesn't exist.
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.
I just started shroom hunting when I left Reddit. I’ve learned a fair bit about growing mushrooms since then on the fediverse but I know little about identifying them. I keep finding wild portobellos and I’m too scared to try them! (Yes, identified by gill, cap, spore, and stem discoloration)
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