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 ( @somethingclever@beehaw.org ) English23•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.
- 😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈 ( @MedicPigBabySaver@beehaw.org ) English5•1 year ago
Definitely a good one.
- Meilindis ( @Meilindis@beehaw.org ) English16•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
- gabuwu ( @gabuwu@beehaw.org ) English6•1 year ago
A knitting and crochet community, regardless if its separated or together as a unified fiber arts community would be a godsend
- otsana ( @otsana@lemmy.one ) English1•1 year ago
I found !knitting@lemmy.world trying to get off the ground. (hope I got that link formatting right)
- fiberandcolor ( @fiberandcolor@beehaw.org ) English3•1 year ago
Knitting or a unified fiberarts would be fantastic.
- ace ( @ace@sh.itjust.works ) English3•1 year ago
2nd Classical Music… It’s quite different from popular “music” and wouldn’t fit there.
- leftylibra ( @leftylibra@lemmy.world ) English2•1 year ago
Glad to report that r/menopause has moved to c/menopause@lemmy.world
- fish ( @fish@beehaw.org ) English16•1 year ago
For me, the real magic of Reddit was in hyperspecific niche communities full of hobbyist experts – or even professionals. Places like r/tolkienfans.
- isosphere ( @isosphere@beehaw.org ) English2•1 year ago
count me in on a tolkienfans replacement!
- ndr ( @ndr@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
Unfortunately that is only possible when you have a very large user base; it’s the only thing still keeping me (a bit) on Reddit
- animist ( @animist@lemmy.one ) English15•1 year ago
Once I get back home next week I am going to start my own server for paganism/heathenry/animism
- CestUnPeuSorcier ( @CestUnPeuSorcier@beehaw.org ) English6•1 year ago
Let me know when you set it up, Îd love to join.
- animist ( @animist@lemmy.one ) English6•1 year ago
Saving your comment so I remember :)
- neamhsplach ( @neamhsplach@beehaw.org ) English15•1 year ago
Crafting communities! I love seeing what people make in r/crochet and r/Brochet and they also tend to have really welcoming and kind users :)
- tojikomori ( @tojikomori@kbin.social ) 13•1 year ago
Beehaw’s “creative” community fits that description and looks pretty active:
https://beehaw.org/c/creative I love those type of places. And the wikis people create have been so helpful when trying to start a new hobby.
- BobQuasit ( @BobQuasit@beehaw.org ) English14•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!
- UnsupervisedScum ( @UnsupervisedScum@beehaw.org ) English2•1 year ago
CT here. I’d go in if you really wanna!
- fish ( @fish@beehaw.org ) English2•1 year ago
I’m in CT too. Let’s go!
- hellerphant ( @hellerphant@beehaw.org ) English13•1 year ago
I’d really like to see a photography community pop up. Not necessarily a /fujifilm /leica community, but a general photography place for folks to share their snaps, and get advice about techniques and gear.
- 😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈 ( @MedicPigBabySaver@beehaw.org ) English1•1 year ago
There’s one on Lemmy.
- Nooch ( @alottachairs@beehaw.org ) English13•1 year ago
Something social, and positive. Like r/roastme had a opposite one called r/toastme. Rather then burn and roast OP, you gave them compliments. It was a positive thing to see.
- Sass ( @Sass@beehaw.org ) English7•1 year ago
Oh yes please. Cheering people on, giving them a new lens in which to view themselves, or just a moment of attention all for themselves, brings me joy. Good suggestion. What would it take to make it?
- Nooch ( @alottachairs@beehaw.org ) English5•1 year ago
Well, come to think of it. I guess we are making it right now. Just being here and being kind to what people share, and enjoying the moment of conversation.
- xuxxun ( @xuxxun@beehaw.org ) English6•1 year ago
Yes. I also liked the CongratsLikeImFive sub.
- Username ( @Username@beehaw.org ) English12•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.
- lamentforicarus ( @lamentforicarus@beehaw.org ) English3•1 year ago
Oh this one’s a good one. I am always trying to find small independent businesses to use.
- KerooSeta ( @KerooSeta@beehaw.org ) English12•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 ( @Lowbird@beehaw.org ) English12•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.
- YouNaughtyMonsters ( @YouNaughtyMonsters@beehaw.org ) English12•1 year ago
Perhaps a community for people over 50. (Asking for a friend. Honestly.)
- BobQuasit ( @BobQuasit@beehaw.org ) English2•1 year ago
I’d join!
- MyNameIsFred ( @fred@beehaw.org ) English12•1 year ago
Sysadmin, networking, homelab
Begs the question. Is there a way to request a new community on beehaw?
- FriendlyFusion ( @FriendlyFusion@beehaw.org ) English4•1 year ago
!sysadmin@lemmy.ml Is gaining some traction
- MyNameIsFred ( @fred@beehaw.org ) English6•1 year ago
Thanks!. Found it just after the comment. There was a instance called infosec.pub the other day that seemed to have some promise. Seems down now as well.
- falcon ( @falcon@beehaw.org ) English1•1 year ago
Looks like infosec.pub is back online.
- MyNameIsFred ( @fred@beehaw.org ) English2•1 year ago
Yeah I sent the admin a note via dm and it was back this afternoon. I’m thinking just the web-ui was borked. Not sure. Also unsure if it was correlation or causation.
- falcon ( @falcon@beehaw.org ) English1•1 year ago
Nice, appreciate it. I wanted to check it out earlier but it was still offline. Your comment reminded me to check back.
- Sonori ( @sonori@beehaw.org ) English1•1 year ago
Same here, it was nice to have a global water cooler to see what peoples experiences with various vendors tended to be, and just to hear what was going on.
- herzberd ( @herzberd@beehaw.org ) English12•1 year ago
Might not be the most popular option but a shitposting sub along the lines of 196/197/19684 is the major one for me. Would also love to see a 3dprinting community, but I kinda think something along the lines of technical hobbies/niches are a best case scenario for new services joining the fediverse.
- V ( @vanderbilt@beehaw.org ) English6•1 year ago
Ooh that is the kind of content that would really make me feel at home. We need a corner for stupid humor.
- Moneymunkie ( @Moneymunkie@beehaw.org ) English3•1 year ago
For sure! Though I might be mistaken but isn’t there already the humor one here? :o
- V ( @vanderbilt@beehaw.org ) English3•1 year ago
True, but places like 19684 have a certain flavor of humor. It’s like absurdism had a baby with r/dank_memes while occasionally huffing brake cleaner. 😂
Beehaw isn’t ready for it yet as we need to get bigger, but eventually I could see it thriving here.
- Moneymunkie ( @Moneymunkie@beehaw.org ) English3•1 year ago
Haha yeah, that seems a pretty accurate gist of it. You’re right though, think its just a thing that will come with time and the number of folk start to necessitate subdividing things a little.
- V ( @vanderbilt@beehaw.org ) English3•1 year ago
I very much appreciate the recommendation though!
- petrichorbreeze ( @petrichorbreeze@beehaw.org ) English11•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.
- mustyOrange ( @mustyOrange@beehaw.org ) English5•1 year ago
Yep. I’m just happy the stanley cup will be done by the time I get off reddit. Definitely need will need something for NFL tho
That being said, I think those should happen on other instances, not all on beehaw. Its a different philosophy than reddit
- kirianon ( @kirianon@beehaw.org ) English11•1 year ago
For me it’s
- /r/selfhosted
- /r/home server
- /r/3dprinting
- luckless ( @luckless@beehaw.org ) English6•1 year ago
There is a selfhosted instance on lemmy.ml :)
- realChem ( @realChem@beehaw.org ) English3•1 year ago
I’ll second a 3D printing community! The ones on reddit really helped me a lot when I was starting out with resin printing and nothing worked lol. I feel like without someone to explain how I should be tuning my FEP (and even that I should doing that in the first place) I may have gotten discouraged and just let my printer collect dust