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!

  • cduke23@beehaw.orgEnglish
    2·
    3 years ago

    I really miss a place like MensLib. Just to be clear, that’s not Men’s Rights or any of the MRA bullshit. It’s a space for men like the feminism community where men can discuss issues, support each other, and learn without taking up space in other forums like feminism or witchesvspatriarchy.

    Not that those spaces exclude men. It’s just that in order for the patriarchy to be dismantled, men have to take and active role to work on ourselves and not at the expense of women or other groups using their own spaces to support each other. Likewise, anyone would be welcome in a menslib community.

    I just really miss that place to practice and encourage positive masculinity, and to rally to fight the patriarchy.

  • daniel@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    3 years ago

    A lot of good suggestions here. I miss /r/Formula1, but that’s probably too niche for Beehaw at this point. That got me thinking along the lines of “motorsports,” with would be nice and broad. A wildcard option is “livesports” where people can discuss, well, sports that are live. Live threads when watching live sports are fun.

  • Lost_Wanderer@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    3 years ago

    AskBeehaw

    TodayILearned

    CampingAndHiking

    AntiConsumption

    BuyItForLife

    ZeroWaste

    SimpleLiving

    Sustainability

    HighStrangeness (Cryptids, UFOs, Ghosts, etc. Nonsense that is fun to post)

    Wicca

    Podcasts

    Permaculture

    SelfSufficiency

    ExtremeSports or OutdoorSports (Like skiing, ski diving, etc.)

  • Whar@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    3 years ago

    There have been many options already, but I’ll add:

    • Internet Is Beautiful

    Just a place to share small sites of the internet that you might not discover easily by yourself.

  • Fox@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    3 years ago

    Sustainability/zero-waste communities! I loved those on reddit because they were more about suggestions and practices for sustainable, low-impact living, rather than general environmental news.

    Edit: also Fixing/mending! A place for things like visible mending projects.

    • Wigglet@beehaw.orgEnglish
      0·
      3 years ago

      I vote sustainable living with a zero waste flair option? I really really want flairs 😂

      • cnnrduncan@beehaw.orgEnglish
        0·
        3 years ago

        I don’t think Lemmy actually supports flairs yet, if you know Rust you could have a go at adding them though!

  • sintamo@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    3 years ago

    Something I haven’t seen mentioned is an alternative to /r/BuyItForLife - I’m often looking for honest thoughts and reviews of products from real people, but it feels silly to pop into !chat and ask what bike pump or jean brand or whatever people recommend.

  • Ghostalmedia@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    3 years ago

    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.orgEnglish
      0·
      3 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.

  • Storksforlegs@beehaw.orgEnglish
    0·
    3 years ago

    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.

  • leetnewb@beehaw.orgEnglish
    0·
    3 years ago

    Migraines. Reddit’s community was highly active, supportive, and informative. Perhaps too narrow, but an estimated 15% of people are affected which makes the target audience fairly broad. Never saw toxicity in that community so it would probably be an easy one to moderate. No current migraine community on the fediverse.

    • Kwakigra@beehaw.orgEnglish
      0·
      3 years ago

      Maybe c/Computers including this, os, troubleshooting, and customization discussions?

    • Pigeon@beehaw.orgEnglish
      0·
      3 years ago

      This would be helpful especially so we could have parts and sales related posts without flooding the gaming hive. But on the other hand idk if we’re big enough for that to be an issue yet.