The goal of these posts is to identify community gaps that people want filled, but not to arbitrarily create communities to “fill those gaps”. Instead put together teams that can/will work together to sustain their communities (many hands make light work).

To that end, I’m looking for anyone’s input about potential communities (not necessarily to be created anytime soon). Some ideas about potential input (don’t need to answer any or all the questions):

  • Is there an inactive community you would like to subscribe and/or post to? (No pressure to try and revive it)
  • Do you have an idea for a new community? (It would be helpful if you provide some detail about what the community would be focused on and what sort of posts it would contain)
  • Do you have a suggested community name? (Not required, but if you have an idea, feel free to share)
  • Do you have a suggested community instance/server? (Some servers have significantly different views on different topics)
  • Are you willing to be a community mod? (Not to pressure you, just to provide support, if indicated)

Discussion of a working guide to be added to the sidebar has been suggested. It’s been confirmed that Piefed has the functionality for each community to have its own wiki (and I’ve found the feature, currently playing around with it a bit).

The guide could contain:

  • Beginners guide to the fediverse (many exist), perhaps a quick overview (with links to more extensive breakdowns) before jumping into the threadiverse (Thanks ImmortalColeSlaw @lemmy.today)
  • On-boarding/quick breakdown of the threadiverse with relevant terms
  • Demographics. Know demographic sets: Fedecan 2025, Lemmy.nz 2025, Any others?
  • Suggestion of types of posts (ex. opinion requests, question-answer)
  • Any other suggestions?

Started Communities:

Suggested Communities - Potential subscribers or active users:

  • Mahjong
    • missingno @fedia.io
  • Deer (images)
    • Auster @thebrainbin.org
  • Rooftops (pictures of rooftops, rooftop gardens, cozy rooftop spaces)
    • Potential subscribers: squirrel @cake.kobel.fyi, vicinus @piefed.zip
  • CottageIndustry (users can offer items they make for sale)
    • This idea probably needs some additional considerations (spam, payment, fraud, etc.) before actualizing. Some initial commentary here.
    • billionsandbillions @piefed.social

Suggested Feeds:

  • Hand&Eye (showcase anything made with your hands (only physical, nothing digital))
    • Examples: Woodworking, leathercraft, pottery, soap, candles, baskets, clothes, bookbinding, stained glass, glass blowing, bags etc.
    • billionsandbillions @piefed.social

Struggling Communities (if you can, throw a post/comment their way):

Also, let us know if you have any suggestions about this community or post.

Apologies for not posting this yesterday. I’ve been trying to do these posts one day later each week, to make sure everyone would see them, even if they only show up once a week. Shifting the post date by a day does not help me keep in mind that I need to make the post on a specific day.

Edit: ecospheres lives again: ~~!ecospheres@piefed.zip, https://piefed.zip/c/ecospheres~~

Edit 2: Saving the old posts via piefed.zip did not work. Community recreated at !ecospheres@slrpnk.net

  • Vicinus@piefed.zipOPMEnglish
    2·
    12 days ago

    Yeah, I saw the post. To me, it seems what most people are not liking, is stated clearly in the sidebar: “That means any support for any liberal capitalist political party (like the Democrats) is strictly prohibited.”, “4 No imperialism, conservatism, reactionism or Zionism, lessor evil rhetoric.”

    Looking at the community (!latestagecapitalism@lemmy.world), it seems they have 4-5 regular posters (1 is the moderator) with some others spattered in. I recognize some of the regular posters, not sure they would move to another community with a different “lens”, but presumably the “splattered posters” could be redirected.

    This community seems to be targeted at negative coverage of capitalism (as opposed to pro socialism/anarchism/communism/etc.). The current community description is: “A place for for news, discussion, memes, and links criticizing capitalism and advancing viewpoints that challenge liberal capitalist ideology.” Are you thinking a different target/type of posts (ex. pro organizing) or keeping the anti-capitalist focus?

    Edit: some formatting.