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Community Search Tips

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This community is dedicated to helping Lemmy and kbin users find communities and magazines to participate in.

Post your questions, requests, and tips in this community. All discussion is good! The more we share about what's out there, the better the Lemmy experience will be for everyone.

Note: Please avoid using the shorthand link (links that begin with !) when linking to communities. That method can result in an error in small instances. Details here.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1080409

I built this for myself some years ago and used it a lot to find many interesting niche subreddits. Today I expanded it to also help myself and others find interesting niche communities across the Lemmyverse!

There is a longer explanation here from an older article, but basically:

  • You give this a link that you found interesting
  • It will (try to) find everywhere it has been shared on the Lemmyverse (and other websites)
  • It will show you all comments from everywhere it's been shared on a single page
  • You can do all the regular stuff like filter, sort, isolate etc.

One thing I find myself doing very often is hitting "toggle sources" on the top banner; this shows me everywhere the link has been shared and commented on, and if I see a community I'm not familiar with, I'll isolate the comments from that source and have a look through to see if it's a community I'd like to engage with.

There are also browser extensions and an iOS shortcut available.

You can check out an example from a post that just hit "Hot" on lemmy.world here!

I hope this helps people find interesting, engaging and fulfilling communities in this next chapter of the internet! ๐Ÿš€

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