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submitted 3 days ago by Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

What are some Lemmy communities which surprise you by their low number of subscribers or which you think more of us should engage with?

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[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 28 points 3 days ago

I see communities more like hashtags and instances more like communities.

[-] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 13 points 3 days ago

That sounds cool. I haven't tried looking at it that way.

[-] Ragdoll_X@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago

!writingprompts@lemmy.world

It was pretty popular and cool on Reddit. Hoping it gets some more love here too.

[-] BitSound@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago

!scp@lemmy.world and !bluey@lemmy.world are both communities that are pretty low traffic atm, but seem like there's a lot of Lemmings that would be into them

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

What's the best way to get started with SCP?

[-] BitSound@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago

Probably my favorite set of stories is by qntm, who writes lots of short fiction you can check out at his site. He wrote There Is No Antimemetics Division, which I think is best described by the intro he wrote for it:

An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, discourages or prevents people from spreading it.

Antimemes are real. Think of any piece of information which you wouldn't share with anybody, like passwords, taboos and dirty secrets. Or any piece of information which would be difficult to share even if you tried: complex equations, very boring passages of text, large blocks of random numbers, and dreams…

But anomalous antimemes are another matter entirely. How do you contain something you can't record or remember? How do you fight a war against an enemy with effortless, perfect camouflage, when you can never even know that you're at war?

Welcome to the Antimemetics Division.

No, this is not your first day.

There's a lot of other good entries too. They generally take the form of a wiki entry at https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/, as a classified file describing some anomalous thing or event. They have a shared canon but only loosely, individual stories can conflict with one another. Here's a couple good ones:

I'll post over in !scp@lemmy.world too, to see what other people recommend for getting into it

[-] LeftRedditOnJul1@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

!badtaxidermy@mander.xyz

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 3 days ago

!petrats@lemmy.world join the chaos potatoes community (and it's always in need for cute photos)

[-] Daryl76679@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 days ago

Hate to forever be a mander.xyz shill, but !biology@mander.xyz

[-] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Is there anything wrong with being a mander.xyz shill?

[-] LeftRedditOnJul1@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

!canning@midwest.social -- Canning and Food Preservation

[-] 200ok@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)
[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 3 days ago

!scrungycats@lemmy.world - linked for easier access from other instances

[-] 200ok@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Thank you! I kept trying and failing 🙏

[-] 200ok@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

One of my favorites from The Before Place. Only has 377 subs so far.

[-] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago
[-] missingno@fedia.io 7 points 3 days ago

I've been trying to inject any life at all into !fgc@lemmy.world and !mahjong@lemmy.nerdcore.social

[-] kionite231@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

!schizophrenia@lemmy.ca

For anyone who is interested in learning about mental health or reading about other people's experiences.

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)
[-] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 3 days ago

Doesn't appear to work

this post was submitted on 18 Oct 2024
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