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Is there a community for finding communities? (self.lemmy)

submitted 11 months ago by JusticeForPorygon to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

We have a guide over on [email protected], 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

Stay subscribed to these to learn about more communities passively

[email protected] (alternate link)
- Promote your favourite communities here
- Ask about a community you are looking for
[email protected] (alternate link)
- Regular posts with ALL the trending communities from across the threadiverse
[email protected] (alternate link)
- Learn about communities that are new / being rebooted
[email protected] (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:

🌐 Instances to look through

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

🔎 Search Engines

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)

🔥 Apps and Browser Extensions

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/

👽 Coming from Reddit?

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