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update: we're compiling them now, new suggestions have about 4 hours to come in before i call it and lock the thread. thank you for all of your suggestions

following the defederations and given the inconvenience, it's time for a new round of community solicitations so we can add possible ones to our survey!

to make this easier for us, please follow a few groundrules here:

  1. make your suggestions top level comments. do not reply to people with suggestions! they'll probably get lost and i won't get paged if you make them.
  2. try not to make your suggestions super specific, because we probably won't do super specific ones
  3. try not to duplicate a suggestion once it's already made (i know lemmy's display isn't great for this). while imperfect, if you like an idea please upvote it instead.
  4. this is not intended to be a general discussion thread, so please try to keep that to a minimum. i will prune comments as needed if i think they're cramping the utility of this thread

additionally, we've already been suggested the following and those will be on the survey. i will prune any suggestion which is a duplicate of/is covered by one of these:

  • anime and manga
  • world news
  • tabletop gaming
  • vegan/vegetarian
  • education
  • parenting
  • camping
  • fitness

and for responsibility reasons we can't really offer mental-health related communities past !neurodivergence@beehaw.org, so please don't suggest those. thanks folks!

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[–] ghostalmedia@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago
[–] ghostalmedia@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Given beehaw’s focus on building safe spaces and supportive communities, a community for people in addiction recovery might be a good addition.

Some of those subs in Reddit were / are pretty big, have helped a lot of people, and have saved a lot of lives.

[–] ghostalmedia@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

Adding on a bit more. There is a particular need for safe secular recovery spaces. Spaces that will welcome people of all faiths and none.

[–] SweetSitty@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago

I really enjoyed the NoLawns group, and didn't see it suggested. Also, Travel was a great group to share pictures and travel tips, as well as ask questions.

[–] OmnipotentEntity@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago

Mathematics please. Unless that is covered under education.

[–] iChukau@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago

NoStupidQuestions

BuyItForLife

EDC

TodayILearned

[–] kodoku@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
  • news from anything but the usa, that's sorely needed.
  • a general photography community, both for discussion and showing pictures off.
  • something along the lines of /r/mealtimevideos.
[–] l4sgc@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago

I'd really like Entertainment to have subcommunities for Movies, TV, and Streaming.

[–] Dee_Imaginarium@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I've seen a few suggestions of witchy stuff, paganism, or witches vs patriarchy. So maybe just a "New Age" community that deals with paganism, wiccan, astrology, crystals, etc.

Doesn't have to be called that exactly, but I think it would be better to group that rather than a plethora of smaller communities with less traffic?

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[–] rfel@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago

The one I couldn't find mentioned here would be /c/digitalminimalism. Here we could share tips and experiences on reducing screen time, using dumbphones, exploring minimal apps, and all things related to simplifying our digital lives.

[–] wxboss@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Retro/decades which would include posts, pictures and nostalgia from the eras we grew up in to recall/remind us of those special times that meant something to us.

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[–] annenas@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I’d love a community related to making clothes :)

Basically r/sewing and r/historicalcostuming, but it could also include stuff like shoemaking, knitting, altering clothes, thrift flipping, hat making, vintage clothes, maybe also cosplays.

This is currently all in the creative community here but that one is a little too broad to my taste.

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[–] mercurial@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

3DPrinting

Permaculture - might just go in Nature and Gardening, but does have a lot of unique related content.

Skincare

Backyard Chickens 🐥🐓🐔

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[–] cemeterysounds@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago

a witchcraft community would be amazing!! i haven’t yet found a good one across the federated internet and i have found the communities across various witchcraft niches are all very kind. ❤️

[–] WolfsTail@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What about Digital Art as subcommunity for Creative like Writing?

For painting of all things, 3d and so on

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[–] elleyena_rose@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)
  • Witchcraft and/or Paganism - Absolutely needs representation. Maybe to make it more general and allow for other religions as well it could be called "Spirituality"?
  • Keto
  • Stitchcraft/Needlecraft as a subboard of Creative.

Thank you for considering suggestions!

[–] FiskFisk33@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago

hahah world religions gonna love being lumped in with wichcraft

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[–] FrozenLama@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago

NFL/Fantasy Football! That's what will draw me back to reddit right now

[–] storksforlegs@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Something like /r/Earthporn?

[–] ag_roberston_author@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lets choose a better name though, lol. I always cringe at the "-porn" subreddits.

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[–] Kuroneko@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago

Japan/Japanese culture without anime/manga clutter would be nice.

[–] charred@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

LeopardsAteMyFace Atheism Anti-work

[–] Wilshire@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

IdiotsInCars

[–] Cylinsier@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

I'd like to see beer and cocktail focused communities. Sharing reviews, recipes etc. Maybe just a general drinking culture sub for now until we get big enough to support multiple communities.

On that note maybe a marijuana community for those of us where it's legal who might want to discuss growing, different strains, etc.

Also climate news/activism.

[–] Corhen@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would love a proper Miniature Painting community. there is one at lemmy.world, but only has 13 users

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[–] WhelmedInEurope@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

I'd love one for Crafting, but understand if you feel this is too under "creative" to qualify.

I feel like the creative umbrella covers so much that isn't necessarily what people are making and I'd love to see everyone's personal crafts: knitting, crochet, embroidery, cross stitch, 3D origami, sewing projects in one place.

Apologies if some already exist, I haven't thoroughly looked at at the whole list.

Personalfinance
Audiobooks
PCHelp
Bikecommuting
Hiking
Drones
Electricvehicles
Eyebleach[l
Kdrama

[–] corytheboyd@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Something for amateur music producers to share work in, get feedback, kudos, whatevs.

There were some communities on Reddit that I quickly gave up on because they were either dead, or full of jerks.

[–] LemmyAtem@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

OH I'M AN IDIOT this is community suggestions!

Ummm...how about one for musicians to share their song covers? Some enterprising user made a similar community on another instance and it would be SO MUCH COOLER on beehaw.

[–] DontMakeMoreBabies@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Science

(then drill down with space, physics, chemistry, etc)

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[–] storksforlegs@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

A subreddit for Aquariums? (Fishkeeping, aquascaping & plants, ponds, questions and discussions etc).

There was a pretty active and generally positive sub on reddit. If such a place hasnt already been created on another instance that might be a fun community.

[–] ozoned@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Baking or cooking in general?

Already see parenting on there. 😁 Us parents thank you.

[–] cnnrduncan@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Beehaw already has a food/cooking community!

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