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For example, I used to follow a lot of subreddits for individual YouTube content creators, however, Lemmy doesn't really have the size or culture to support this currently.

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[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ancient coins. There's a sub on Lemmy but it's sadly unpopulated. I miss being able to interface a bit with other collectors, but fuck my ass if I have to go back to Reddit for that.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 4 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I digged down in what coins (they overlapped usually IIRC) had the highest probability of have being manipulated by jesus or the supposed apostles. Wasn't that expensive if my memory is right to get a bunch with a high probability.

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[–] InvisibleShoe@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not exactly niche but I'd like to see some active gardening and diy communities. The existing ones aren't very active.

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Maybe in springtime. which ones are you subbed to?

[–] 9715698@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Hopefully now discussion blooms then

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Software Defined Radio, Ham Radio, RF Electronics, amateur satellites and Meshtastic.

The only community I am (more than) fully satisfied with here is Linux.

Oh, but also communities like askdentists, psoriasis, etc. Those were pretty helpful on Reddit.

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[–] Otherwise_Direction7@monyet.cc 14 points 10 months ago (5 children)

There is not much Lemmy communities for discussion specific/centered around specific entertainment media (video games, anime & manga, web videos, etc)

Back when I’m still on Reddit, I’m used to lurking around a lot of these kind of communities on that site. Community centered around video game franchise like The Legend of Zelda and Sonic the Hedgehog, content creators like Linus Tech Tips and Hololive, and even some niche topics like Windows 10 LTSC and Otonokizaka

Those kinds of subreddits simply doesn’t have any equivalent in Lemmy, and even if it did, it is far far more inactive compared to its Reddit counterpart. To me that is one of the biggest problem with Lemmy right now and kinda could be a reason why there is still many user who sticked into Reddit and does not 100% migrated to Lemmy.

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[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

more linguistics

more geography

[–] QualifiedKitten@kbin.social 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The only reason I check Reddit with any regularity anymore is for content local to where I live. There's a few communities on the fediverse for my area, but with only minimal, sporadic activity.

I would love to see more activity around fostering animals, particularly cats. I started !fosteranimals and have participated over at !fosterkittens, but it seems there's not many of us so far.

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[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Hobby machining, automotive, scca.

Maybe I need to think about hosting.....

[–] __init__@programming.dev 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I do miss justrolledintotheshop.

[–] skulblaka@startrek.website 5 points 10 months ago

Yesss. I need my mechanic shitposting back I love those boys

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[–] klemptor@startrek.website 12 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I have a few!

  • Vaporwave minidiscs
  • Nail polish & nail art
  • Skincare
  • Fitness over 40
  • Greyhounds
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[–] Redonkulation@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Anything not tech/Linux related. It's 90% of my feed.

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[–] RememberTheApollo@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Beginners/basic programming for non-IT. There’s a lot of people that might want to do very simple things with arduino or other mini computers. Python, or even simple Linux tasks, that don’t want to start a whole “Programming lessons A-z” multi-stage class-format learning adventure.

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[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I wish there was somewhere to talk about Counter-Strike, particularly the e-sports scene.

[–] PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Ironically, I want somewhere to talk about Counter-Strike excluding the e-sports scene. There is nowhere to learn smokes, share maps, or even find a team.

[–] pixguin@feddit.ch 9 points 10 months ago

Headphones and audiophile stuff, especially IEMs.

[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago

Would love to see more crochet content, there is alot of posts in the knitting community here, but the crocheting ones feel dead.

[–] gilokee@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

shrimptank, aquariums, various weird animal subs :(

I need morrowind and portal communities.

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Romhacking!

[–] kryllic@programming.dev 7 points 10 months ago
[–] mhredox@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Magical/Sacred plants.

There are very active communities on Reddit for magical/sacred plants and even some for selling/trading them. I mostly collect San Pedro cacti among a few others and would love an active community like that here.

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[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not a hobby, but I would love to see more mental health communities that address things like anxiety, ADHD, ASD or for the ones that exist to get more traction. The lack of these things is the only reason I return to Reddit from time to time.

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[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago
[–] ettyblatant@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Circuit Bending!!! Moreso, just broad "soldering" representation; places for unique soldering projects. Soldering hacks, solder jobs to brag about, beginners tips etc. Would be cool to have niches within the community too for different "soldering genres" like circuit bending

[–] dueuwuje@aussie.zone 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The weather. Be it local weather discussion pages, country etc. especially for big events.

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[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

More sports like NFL, college basketball, baseball, etc. There are communities for these, but they're not very active.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Random educational posts, like stuff that is actually useful. Like physics lessons.

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

(Original) drawings, paints, sketches made by the OP. Talk about paint, inks, papers, ...work in progress stuff, problems & solutions.

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[–] doctortofu@reddthat.com 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Cacti/succulents and wine (the fermented grape juice one, not the linux one). There are cactus and succulent communities in Lemmy, but they're not very active, and wine obes are completely dead...

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[–] wildwhitehorses@aussie.zone 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Learning Scottish Gaidhlig

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[–] Timwi@kbin.social 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Logic puzzles, esp. variety Sudoku.

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[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not that I was into it that much, but I did love seeing pics of fungus on reddit once I found that place.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 10 months ago

SuperbOwl I’d going along nicely. The fungus one would probably do well with a dedicated kickstart.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

My reddit subs I guess were all niche.

Curlyhair and Tampa (dead here, and were getting a little toxic on Reddit)

Cocktails (I mod !cocktails here, it's growing slowly and organically, doing ok, nice place)

Normal Nudes and Naked Progress (not here and I can't figure out how to set up a community on NSFW, and honestly modding anything NSFW is a slog I don't know if I can handle, certainly not alone)

[–] nameisnotimportant@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago

Lockpicking (along with the ranking system) would be great, plus it was the nicest, most friendly sub I've ever been in

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Swordsmanship.

Whether it's HEMA or otherwise (as long as it's not fencing)

[–] ComradeR@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago

Not exactly a hobby. But lost media/lost wave.

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago
[–] shuzuko@midwest.social 5 points 10 months ago

Aerial arts - silks, trapeze, flying pole, lyra, straps, custom apparatus like cubes/chairs etc. Anything about doing artistic acrobatics on a piece of metal/fabric/other suspended in the air. The community on reddit was the perfect size but pretty much none of them came over to lemmy.

[–] catonwheels@ttrpg.network 4 points 10 months ago

A lot of the more nish writing sub's like magic building or fantasy writers.

[–] FunkyMonk@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago

scale models.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Individual communities for every car in existence like reddit has. And an active bitcoin community that isn't just a bot mirroring posts from reddit.

Edit: and a community for DJs.

[–] pelley@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Programming languages. (Not programming in general, but specifically language design.)

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[–] revv@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago

Aviation/Flying. r/flying had been a pretty much daily stop for me prior to leaving reddit as it was one of they only good places to talks with other pilots. I'd love to have a place to chat with other pilots and/or homebuilt aircraft folks rather than a dozen or so barely maintained forum sites.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's not even that niche imo, but just more music production content in general. There was an instance focused on this a few months ago, but it seems to have gone and not returned.

On Reddit, you have communities of music makers around theory, various genres, various software, synths, and deals. It's definitely a source of inspiration I miss.

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