Is there a community for finding communities?

Lemmy@lemmy.ml – 32 points – 9 months ago

I always think of small communities id like to be a part of, but can never find any. Reddit had (has) the same issue, leading people to create subreddits around the idea of helping others find communities to fit their interests. Idk thought it would be cool but I don't have the capabilities to do it myself.

There's !findacommunity@lemmy.ml, !trendingcommunities@feddit.nl and !newcommunities@lemmy.world.

Also Lemmyverse which can search and list communities from across the threadiverse.

There's also

!findalemmy@lemmyunchained.net

!findalemmy@lemmy.fmhy.ml

!findasub@lemmy.world

We have a guide over on !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca, here is the current version as of 2024-01-02

📚 Guide | How to find a community? How to promote a community?

🙌 Communities for discovering new communities

::: spoiler Stay subscribed to these to learn about more communities passively

!communitypromo@lemmy.ca (alternate link)
- Promote your favourite communities here
- Ask about a community you are looking for
!trendingcommunities@feddit.nl (alternate link)
- Regular posts with ALL the trending communities from across the threadiverse
!newcommunities@lemmy.world (alternate link)
- Learn about communities that are new / being rebooted
!communityspotlight@lemmy.world (alternate link)
- We pick two communities a week (one lemmy.world, and one from another instance) to highlight each week
Other communities, some of which are less active:

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🌐 Instances to look through

::: spoiler You can find communities from specific instances

A great way to find lesser known communities is to look at the /communities page on an instance. Different instances may have different themes or focuses, and so you can find related communities that way.

For example: https://lemmy.ca/communities

pangora.social: Great way to find instances related to a particular topic. This is also great for picking an instance when first making an account/moving accounts.
awesome-lemmy-instances

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🔎 Search Engines

::: spoiler When you have a topic in mind, but don't know if a community exists for it

https://lemmyverse.net/communities
https://browse.feddit.de/ (run by feddit.de)

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🔥 Apps and Browser Extensions

::: spoiler These can make it easier to find, subscribe, and manage communities on different instances

Instance Assistant: Browser extension with tools to help you redirect and search for communities
Voyager Migrator: Tool to help you migrate Subreddits
Other apps: https://lemmyapps.netlify.app/

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👽 Coming from Reddit?

::: spoiler See here

sub.rehab: You can sort by official replacements & sister communities
redditmigration.com: List from the migration
quippd.com: Another list created by a user during the migration

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