this post was submitted on 03 Jan 2024
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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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[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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

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

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 months ago

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

Stay subscribed to these to learn about more communities passively


🌐 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


🔥 Apps and Browser Extensions

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


👽 Coming from Reddit?

See here