Communities for identifying random stuff! Rocks, plants, bugs, fossils, that weird thingy in your grandma’s kitchen… I love lurking on them because I learn to notice more in my day-to-day life. The downside is that they need more active moderation to weed out wrong or unhelpful comments.

And on a related note, communities for admiring natural stuff, à la mineralporn.

Jambands/Grateful Dead type stuff.

Yes I know there are groups out there, but no one is extremely active. I’ll give it time: Weir Everywhere

Psychonaut, DPH, heavymind, weirddalle, mspaint. All were once hidden gems of Reddit

A nudist/naturist sub would be really nice, been missing out on events lately so at least chatting about it would help shake the feeling of isolation.

Also, a space for plural systems would be super appreciated. We wouldn’t really know what to say in it but it’s really cool meeting other systems and learning about them.

-Finn (fae/she)

Model railroading. Even on Reddit those subs weren’t super active, but they at least existed.

Magic the Gathering. There’s actually 3 here already, but somehow none of them really scratch the itch to just talk about deckbuilding. And again, the 3 that are here are fairly quiet. Just doesn’t seem to be the critical mass needed.

DankChristianMemes. Was just fantastic. Perhaps the best ‘neutral’ ground I ever saw for Christians & Atheists to laugh at themselves & each other.

I’d love if the Dead by Daylight community was more active here

R/raisedbynarcissists for sure.

Parent/Trying for pregnancy/pregnancy.

I found the pregnancy conversations on Reddit (while I was on Reddit is fun) to be much less toxic than on those discussion forums on pregnancy apps.

The small niche communities are the ones I’ll probably never see again, like /r/reverseanimalrescue /r/TheNightFeeling /r/darknetplan

Without a doubt, it’s Queens of League. It’s an unhinged, thirsty gay mob shitposting about League of Legends.

Dad for a minute and internet parents! They were my favourite

I wouldn’t mind some of the Random Acts to come over and be more active. Even though I never used it, I always thought the idea of the Random Acts of Pizza was a grand idea for those who are in need.

modernquilts / modernquilting, I used to look in that R and ppl shared progress pictures and finished modern quilts. Was a great source of inspiration. #modernquilts on fedi/pixelfed is quite empty unfortunately

/r/liberalgunowners was a favorite. Everyone was so nice and accepting. We’d answer the same noob questions all day, no problem. None of “MuH 2A!” crap, nobody bloodthirsty. Anyway, I could go on, but it was nice while it lasted.

Communities for news, papers, and general conversation around humanities and social sciences. Communities for underground music (e.g., goth music).