• Piefed chat
• Fediverse wiki
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!communitypromo@lemmy.ca • !newcommunities@lemmy.world • !fedigrow@lemmy.zip • !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca

Hi ! I hope you are well ! Here is our weekly thread 😎

The fediverse is big ! Let's share our small gold nugget found in the fediverse. :)

It could be :

• A new peertube channel
• An interesting mastodon account to follow
• Your new community ! Yes ! Why not ?
• An cool gallery of picture from pixelfed
• A playlist from funkwhale
• A text that moved you

Let's dig together ! 😁

• Piefed chat
• Fediverse wiki
• Guide and tutorial

!communitypromo@lemmy.ca • !newcommunities@lemmy.world • !fedigrow@lemmy.zip • !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca

Hi ! I hope you are well ! Here is our weekly thread 😎

The fediverse is big ! Let's share our small gold nugget found in the fediverse. :)

It could be :

• A new peertube channel
• An interesting mastodon account to follow
• Your new community ! Yes ! Why not ?
• An cool gallery of picture from pixelfed
• A playlist from funkwhale
• A text that moved you

Let's dig together ! 😁

• Piefed chat
• Fediverse wiki
• Guide and tutorial

!communitypromo@lemmy.ca • !newcommunities@lemmy.world • !fedigrow@lemmy.zip • !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca

Hi ! I hope you are well ! Here is our weekly thread 😎

The fediverse is big ! Let's share our small gold nugget found in the fediverse. :)

It could be :

• A new peertube channel
• An interesting mastodon account to follow
• Your new community ! Yes ! Why not ?
• An cool gallery of picture from pixelfed
• A playlist from funkwhale
• A text that moved you

Let's dig together ! 😁

• Piefed chat
• Fediverse wiki
• Guide and tutorial

!communitypromo@lemmy.ca • !newcommunities@lemmy.world • !fedigrow@lemmy.zip • !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca

Hi ! I hope you are well ! Here is our weekly thread 😎

The fediverse is big ! Let's share our small gold nugget found in the fediverse. :)

It could be :

• A new peertube channel
• An interesting mastodon account to follow
• Your new community ! Yes ! Why not ?
• An cool gallery of picture from pixelfed
• A playlist from funkwhale
• A text that moved you

Let's dig together ! 😁

• Piefed chat
• Fediverse wiki
• Guide and tutorial

!communitypromo@lemmy.ca • !newcommunities@lemmy.world • !fedigrow@lemmy.zip • !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca

Hi ! I hope you are well ! Here is our weekly thread 😎

The fediverse is big ! Let's share our small gold nugget found in the fediverse. :)

It could be :

• A new peertube channel
• An interesting mastodon account to follow
• Your new community ! Yes ! Why not ?
• An cool gallery of picture from pixelfed
• A playlist from funkwhale
• A text that moved you

Let's dig together ! 😁

Piefed chat • Fediverse wiki • Guide and tutorial

!communitypromo@lemmy.ca • !newcommunities@lemmy.world • !fedigrow@lemmy.zip • !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca

Hi ! I hope you are well ! Here is our weekly thread 😎

The fediverse is big ! Let's share our small gold nugget found in the fediverse. :)

It could be :

• A new peertube channel
• An interesting mastodon account to follow
• Your new community ! Yes ! Why not ?
• An cool gallery of picture from pixelfed
• A playlist from funkwhale
• A text that moved you

Let's dig together ! 😁

• Piefed chat
• Fediverse wiki
• Guide and tutorial

!communitypromo@lemmy.ca • !newcommunities@lemmy.world • !fedigrow@lemmy.zip • !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca

Hi ! I hope you are well ! Here is our weekly thread 😎

The fediverse is big ! Let's share our small gold nugget found in the fediverse. :)

It could be :

• A new peertube channel
• An interesting mastodon account to follow
• Your new community ! Yes ! Why not ?
• An cool gallery of picture from pixelfed
• A playlist from funkwhale
• A text that moved you

Let's dig together ! 😁

Active User Growth

!politicalmemes@lemmy.ca, Political Memes, 113 => 1271, 301 posts (5 this week)
!antifascism@midwest.social, Antifascism, 97 => 894, 68 posts (5 this week)
!leftymemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com, Lefty Memes, 285 => 1828, 656 posts (8 this week)
!Funny@europe.pub, Funny, 20 => 436, 108 posts (11 this week)
!flippanarchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com, Flippanarchy, 626 => 2269, 255 posts (7 this week)
!firefox@lemmy.world, Firefox, 55 => 391, 402 posts (7 this week)
!worldnews@aussie.zone, Overseas News, 131 => 558, 229 posts (7 this week)
!softwaregore@lemmy.world, Software Gore, 14 => 298, 267 posts (2 this week)
!antiquememesroadshow@lemmy.world, Antique Memes Roadshow, 428 => 1590, 638 posts (11 this week)
!holup@lemmy.world, Holup, 290 => 1244, 48 posts (11 this week)
!neat@lemmy.world, Neat - For neat stuff you found, 43 => 351, 624 posts (7 this week)
!newcommunities@lemmy.world, New Communities, 65 => 470, 3368 posts (13 this week)
!furry_scientists@pawb.social, Furry Scientists, 23 => 203, 113 posts (6 this week)
!tumblr@lemmy.world, tumblr, 1007 => 2203, 729 posts (13 this week)
!palestine@sopuli.xyz, Palestine, 52 => 449, 114 posts (64 this week)
!games@sh.itjust.works, Games, 842 => 1626, 13355 posts (29 this week)
!punk_rock@lemmy.ca, Punk Rock, 29 => 237, 329 posts (1 this week)
!news@lemmy.sdf.org, News, 33 => 363, 88 posts (12 this week)
!foss_de@feddit.org, FOSS - Freie Software, 28 => 228, 93 posts (4 this week)
!aboringdystopia@lemmy.world, A Boring Dystopia, 3413 => 4492, 1417 posts (25 this week)
!cars@lemmy.world, Cars - For Car Enthusiasts, 45 => 250, 693 posts (3 this week)
!technology@lemmy.ml, Technology, 707 => 1310, 5760 posts (23 this week)
!uspolitics@lemmy.world, USpolitics, 64 => 290, 265 posts (4 this week)
!autism@lemmy.world, Autism, 1114 => 1684, 1022 posts (18 this week)
!unions@lemmy.ml, unions, 37 => 202, 1830 posts (7 this week)

Subscriber Growth

!friendicaworld@lemmy.world, Friendica.World status, support and issues, 15 => 71, 2 posts (1 this week)
!weirdtube@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space, The weird parts of PeerTube, 196 => 294, 35 posts (1 this week)
!privacy@lemmy.ca, privacy, 4318 => 4656, 283 posts (9 this week)
!30rock@dubvee.org, 30 Rock, 716 => 854, 378 posts (4 this week)
!AskMenOver30@lemmy.world, AskMenOver30, 111 => 166, 5 posts (1 this week)
!inmymind@lemmy.dbzer0.com, In My Mind, 299 => 387, 166 posts (2 this week)
!trams_trolleys_streetcars@lemmy.blahaj.zone, Trams, Trolleys and Streetcars, 1334 => 1514, 410 posts (2 this week)
!biodiversity@mander.xyz, Biodiversity, 1892 => 2100, 619 posts (6 this week)
!mongabay@rss.ponder.cat, Mongabay, 110 => 162, 2076 posts (67 this week)
!baking@sh.itjust.works, Baking, 387 => 481, 11 posts (1 this week)
!theregister@rss.ponder.cat, The Register, 169 => 228, 4666 posts (111 this week)
!biology@mander.xyz, Biology, 2000 => 2194, 360 posts (2 this week)
!harrypotter@literature.cafe, Harry Potter, 441 => 531, 105 posts (13 this week)
!centuriichan@sh.itjust.works, Centurii chan, 88 => 130, 27 posts (10 this week)
!historyruins@lemmy.world, History Ruins, 1124 => 1263, 349 posts (6 this week)
!mastodon@lemmy.world, Mastodon, 2385 => 2576, 77 posts (2 this week)
!czech@lemmy.world, Czech, 373 => 450, 27 posts (1 this week)
!vegan@lemmy.dbzer0.com, Vegan, 19 => 38, 19 posts (9 this week)
!aiop@lemmy.world, AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND, 1640 => 1795, 1530 posts (10 this week)
!Technology@programming.dev, Technology, 110 => 151, 293 posts (61 this week)
!adultswim@adultswim.fan, Adult Swim, 179 => 229, 167 posts (2 this week)
!castles@lemm.ee, Castles, 1715 => 1865, 131 posts (1 this week)
!battlestations@lemmy.world, Battlestations, 1460 => 1597, 27 posts (1 this week)
!jazz@lemmy.world, Jazz - For all the jazz lovers, 1219 => 1344, 411 posts (1 this week)
!poc@beehaw.org, People of Color, 555 => 640, 200 posts (1 this week)

Not my community, but I figured it might be of interest to gamers here. Post stolen right off of !newcommunities@lemmy.world.

This community is to find that game you can’t remember. Like it’s on the tip of your tongue.

Do you remember something about a game, but can’t find the title? Do you want to finally know what it is? Post here and maybe someone can help.

Come to find your game, or help others find theirs!

!tipofmyjoystick@retrolemmy.com

I often come across ideas for new communities (sometimes I even have them myself), but I'm not always sure whether they would get traction.

How about a "suggest a community" community, where people can post suggestions, and get feedback on the idea, maybe tweak it a bit to be more useful, and also look for co-moderators?

It could act in parallel to !newcommunities@lemmy.world

Anyone have any ideas for how this could work better? Anyone want to co-moderate one?

This is a more focused revision of a post I made a few months ago, with an aim to help with discovery across the fediverse.

Searching and Following methods
This will vary across software, and may change as it changes, so take note of when this was written (end of March 2025).

By default, ActivityPub sites don't know of other, remote sites. Any remote site stuff you're seeing is because somehow the site your on was made aware of the other's stuff. Typically this may be that a user learns of a remote site's stuff in some way and decides to follow from their home site by looking it up via their site's search then subscribing/following.

All of the above format-specific links I've provided above are means of finding some remote sites' stuff to follow on one's home site. Below are some additional tools and methods to further help when using some of these different sites.

If you're aware of other resources, tools, or methods that I've not mentioned here, please mention them in the comments! There's undoubtedly more to add that I've not come across.

Cross-posted from "New Ansible comm" by @db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com in !newcommunities@lemmy.world

Hey all, I've created a comm for my favourite infra automation tool: Ansible.

There's one in l.w. but it's been abandoned for a while now and barely has any traffic, so I felt it's a good time to distribute things a while

!ansible@lemmy.dbzer0.com

EDIT: Ignore the thumbnail. Lemmy is bugging out again with the previews.

Follow up from https://lemm.ee/post/57999596 and https://lemm.ee/post/58201093 and

See https://lemmy.world/c/football for an example of what we would like to do.

The moderation team would stay the same. We’ll keep a pinned post here to say we are moving.

We’ll promote it on !communitypromo@lemmy.ca and !newcommunities@lemmy.world

Impact for people here would be minimal. We can even ping regular posters and commenters like https://lemmy.world/post/24312613

We can always revisit later if needed.

You can vote below about this decision. ~~We’ll see what the decision is in 24h hours.~~

Vote extended to Monday evening US time. We can then discuss what we want to do then.

!drag_entertainment@fedia.io

cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/newcommunities@lemmy.world/t/1900088

There is a community in Lemmy but it's been abandoned. I use to run one in Kbin until it died, so I am launching a new one via Mbin. Come kiki and spill the T on your favorite drag shows!

https://fedia.io/m/Drag_Entertainment

Active User Growth

!nolawns@slrpnk.net, No Lawns, 32 => 664, 125 posts (1 this week)
!tabletopminis@lemmy.world, Tabletop Miniatures, 44 => 678, 638 posts (5 this week)
!actually_infuriating@lemmy.world, Actually Infuriating, 23 => 445, 34 posts (3 this week)
!buyeuropean@feddit.uk, Buy European, 4334 => 9267, 393 posts (211 this week)
!newcommunities@lemmy.world, New Communities, 350 => 1690, 3245 posts (8 this week)
!goodnewseveryone@sh.itjust.works, Good News Everyone, 22 => 387, 42 posts (1 this week)
!economics@lemmy.ml, Economics, 41 => 426, 694 posts (6 this week)
!art@lemmy.world, Art, 11 => 71, 307 posts (1 this week)
!palestine@lemm.ee, Palestine, 83 => 441, 552 posts (7 this week)
!simpleliving@lemmy.ml, Simple Living, 11 => 89, 92 posts (3 this week)
!texas@lemmy.world, Texas, 51 => 382, 771 posts (6 this week)
!buyfromeu@feddit.org, BuyFromEU, 1247 => 2475, 135 posts (65 this week)
!noncredibledefense@lemmy.world, NonCredibleDefense, 641 => 1224, 703 posts (12 this week)
!videos@lemmy.ml, Videos, 35 => 279, 2048 posts (11 this week)
!isglitch@lemmy.world, isGlitch.com - the online-est of tech rags, 67 => 287, 303 posts (5 this week)
!weedtime@crazypeople.online, weedtime, 121 => 520, 27 posts (9 this week)
!anarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com, Anarchism, 34 => 176, 266 posts (2 this week)
!lemmyapps@lemmy.world, Lemmy Apps, 50 => 265, 308 posts (3 this week)
!funhole@lemmy.sdf.org, Funhole, 205 => 669, 524 posts (19 this week)
!antiwork@lemmy.world, Antiwork, 395 => 857, 279 posts (3 this week)
!digitalart@lemmy.world, Digital Art, 48 => 225, 1241 posts (3 this week)
!movies@lemmy.world, Movies, 368 => 900, 1543 posts (31 this week)
!dontdeadopeninside@lemmy.ohaa.xyz, Don't Dead - Open Inside, 136 => 460, 62 posts (2 this week)
!linux_gaming@lemmy.world, Linux Gaming, 1111 => 1746, 1233 posts (14 this week)
!leaky_cauldron@diagonlemmy.social, The Leaky Cauldron, 67 => 288, 275 posts (4 this week)

Subscriber Growth

!boycottus@lemmy.ca, Boycott US, 285 => 436, 20 posts (3 this week)
!peoplebluesky@lemmy.world, Bluesky, 599 => 758, 129 posts (6 this week)
!invincible@lemmy.world, Invincible (show and comics), 58 => 102, 33 posts (1 this week)
!internetisbeautiful@lemm.ee, Internet is Beautiful, 1241 => 1426, 270 posts (4 this week)
!upliftingnews@lemmy.world, Uplifting News, 13086 => 13625, 781 posts (11 this week)
!MapleResistance@lemmy.ca, MapleResistance, 94 => 134, 10 posts (1 this week)
!yurop@lemm.ee, YUROP, 1752 => 1913, 382 posts (4 this week)
!science_memes@mander.xyz, Science Memes, 12690 => 13116, 4075 posts (27 this week)
!peertube@lemmy.world, Peertube, 193 => 246, 241 posts (49 this week)
!showsandmovies@lemm.ee, Shows and TV, 1299 => 1425, 910 posts (23 this week)
!askacanadian@lemmy.ca, AskACanadian, 448 => 519, 20 posts (1 this week)
!severance@lemmy.world, Severance, 323 => 381, 31 posts (1 this week)
!bestoflemmy@lemmy.world, BestOfLemmy, 7953 => 8232, 140 posts (1 this week)
!fedimemes@feddit.uk, Fediverse memes, 860 => 953, 205 posts (6 this week)
!privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com, Privacy, 1228 => 1338, 223 posts (23 this week)
!aww@lemmy.world, aww, 21169 => 21583, 1664 posts (4 this week)
!selfhosted@lemmy.world, Selfhosted, 43305 => 43893, 4140 posts (21 this week)
!aiop@lemmy.world, AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND, 1175 => 1273, 1367 posts (15 this week)
!privacy@lemmy.world, Privacy, 5075 => 5277, 405 posts (2 this week)
!dielinke@feddit.org, DIE LINKE, 292 => 341, 123 posts (8 this week)
!shittytattoos@lemmy.ca, Shitty/Trashy Tattoos, 163 => 199, 42 posts (5 this week)
!pics@lemmy.world, pics, 20833 => 21203, 3283 posts (14 this week)
!medicine@lemmy.ml, medicine, 114 => 142, 11 posts (1 this week)
!inperson@slrpnk.net, In Person Activism, 435 => 489, 140 posts (7 this week)
!world@quokk.au, World News, 707 => 775, 1785 posts (92 this week)

Active User Growth

!ehbuddyhoser@sh.itjust.works, Eh Buddy Hoser, 103 => 942, 24 posts (10 this week)
!boycottus@lemmy.ca, Boycott US, 29 => 1095, 18 posts (9 this week)
!aboringdystopia@mander.xyz, A Boring Dystopia, 38 => 782, 16 posts (1 this week)
!newcommunities@lemmy.world, New Communities, 268 => 1187, 3238 posts (12 this week)
!unpopularopinion@lemmy.world, Unpopular Opinion, 92 => 591, 550 posts (5 this week)
!buyeuropean@feddit.uk, Buy European, 2205 => 4940, 204 posts (160 this week)
!noncrediblediplomacy@sh.itjust.works, NonCredibleDiplomacy, 92 => 664, 30 posts (4 this week)
!bestoflemmy@lemmy.world, BestOfLemmy, 202 => 1028, 139 posts (4 this week)
!nottheonion@lemmy.world, Not The Onion, 2671 => 4650, 1353 posts (28 this week)
!goblincore@lemmy.blahaj.zone, Goblincore, 299 => 1304, 179 posts (12 this week)
!buyfromeu@feddit.org, BuyFromEU, 402 => 1304, 76 posts (50 this week)
!lemmy_stitch@sh.itjust.works, Cross stitch and embroidery, 37 => 400, 293 posts (3 this week)
!buycanadian@lemmy.ca, Buy Canadian, 1060 => 2348, 149 posts (58 this week)
!teslamotors@lemmy.zip, Tesla, 40 => 334, 263 posts (5 this week)
!badtaxidermy@mander.xyz, Bad Taxidermy, 27 => 252, 65 posts (9 this week)
!palestine@lemm.ee, Palestine, 34 => 361, 548 posts (10 this week)
!fedimemes@feddit.uk, Fediverse memes, 1475 => 2972, 200 posts (14 this week)
!196@lemmy.world, 196, 2109 => 3624, 1121 posts (31 this week)
!science_memes@mander.xyz, Science Memes, 6199 => 8053, 4056 posts (59 this week)
!historymemes@lemmy.world, A Comm for Historymemes, 1474 => 2384, 848 posts (26 this week)
!usa@lemmy.ml, United States | News & Politics, 1203 => 2428, 7462 posts (67 this week)
!minnesota@midwest.social, Minnesota, 67 => 417, 305 posts (3 this week)
!steamdeckpirates@lemmy.dbzer0.com, SteamDeckPirates, 28 => 298, 28 posts (9 this week)
!retrogaming@lemmy.world, RetroGaming, 1105 => 2150, 1853 posts (30 this week)
!worldnews@sh.itjust.works, worldnews, 45 => 182, 577 posts (14 this week)

Subscriber Growth

!Boykot_USA@feddit.dk, Boykot USA - praktiske tips, 4 => 76, 6 posts (5 this week)
!privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com, Privacy, 1000 => 1235, 202 posts (43 this week)
!shittytattoos@lemmy.ca, Shitty/Trashy Tattoos, 113 => 165, 38 posts (9 this week)
!Cyberstuck@lemmy.ca, Cyberstuck, 159 => 214, 36 posts (14 this week)
!dielinke@feddit.org, DIE LINKE, 233 => 293, 115 posts (15 this week)
!MapleResistance@lemmy.ca, MapleResistance, 67 => 95, 9 posts (4 this week)
!severance@lemmy.world, Severance, 272 => 325, 30 posts (2 this week)
!peoplebluesky@lemmy.world, Bluesky, 542 => 615, 125 posts (12 this week)
!utilisereuropeen@jlai.lu, Utiliser Européen, 57 => 81, 13 posts (2 this week)
!yurop@lemm.ee, YUROP, 1666 => 1780, 378 posts (10 this week)
!showsandmovies@lemm.ee, Shows and TV, 1222 => 1318, 891 posts (23 this week)
!internetisbeautiful@lemm.ee, Internet is Beautiful, 1188 => 1276, 267 posts (3 this week)
!anotherrealitydream@lemmy.world, Anotherrealitydream, 5 => 11, 4 posts (2 this week)
!peertube@lemmy.world, Peertube, 167 => 197, 196 posts (50 this week)
!memes@jlai.lu, Les mèmes en anglois, 49 => 65, 10 posts (3 this week)
!mehmes@lemmy.ca, mehmes, 103 => 126, 46 posts (6 this week)
!hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se, Hacker News, 736 => 795, 15091 posts (623 this week)
!wissenschaft@feddit.org, Wissenschaft, 203 => 234, 103 posts (5 this week)
!upliftingnews@lemmy.world, Uplifting News, 12893 => 13132, 773 posts (12 this week)
!privacy@lemmy.world, Privacy, 4952 => 5099, 404 posts (11 this week)
!privacy@lemmy.ml, Privacy, 34319 => 34704, 5081 posts (41 this week)
!onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone, 196, 2231 => 2327, 1493 posts (150 this week)
!opensource@lemmy.ml, Open Source, 33414 => 33783, 3310 posts (10 this week)
!selfhosted@lemmy.world, Selfhosted, 42963 => 43362, 4128 posts (44 this week)
!askacanadian@lemmy.ca, AskACanadian, 417 => 456, 20 posts (1 this week)

Kind of a companion thread to the recent one on !fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com asking people which community there were missing.

I had a quick look, and most of those seem to be niches that can't be filled until we reach a higher population.

There is still maybe some potential improvement about some less well-known community that other people are interested in and that could some additional activity.

I try to help to make less known communities known with the regular threads on !newcommunities@lemmy.world (now moving to !communitypromo@lemmy.ca ), but there is probably only a level of detail we have to stop at with 47k monthly active users.

One example is !jrpg@lemmy.zip, it seems reasonable active, and is probably a better compromise than having each game having its own community.

Similar with !patientgamers@sh.itjust.works, or !showsandmovies@lemm.ee. I posted a thread about Ted Lasso a few days ago, it got some nice comments, but probably not enough to have a full fledged dedicated community.

Active User Growth

!antiwork@lemmy.ml, Antiwork, 11 => 267, 646 posts (1 this week)
!bisexual@lemmy.world, Bisexual, 14 => 122, 52 posts (1 this week)
!news@aussie.zone, Australian News, 28 => 276, 339 posts (6 this week)
!aww@lemmy.ml, cute dogs, cats, and other animals, 52 => 381, 1090 posts (4 this week)
!houseplants@mander.xyz, Houseplants, 18 => 242, 322 posts (4 this week)
!newcommunities@lemmy.world, New Communities, 241 => 770, 3157 posts (19 this week)
!steamdeck@sopuli.xyz, Steam Deck, 734 => 1627, 1212 posts (22 this week)
!vaporwave@sh.itjust.works, V a p o r w a v e, 12 => 109, 60 posts (2 this week)
!star_wars@lemmy.world, Star Wars, 28 => 151, 371 posts (1 this week)
!main@hexbear.net, Post on Main, 200 => 511, 37544 posts (14 this week)
!me_irl@lemmy.world, me_irl, 1491 => 1962, 533 posts (10 this week)
!legalnews@lemmy.zip, Legal News, 281 => 626, 929 posts (22 this week)
!lotrmemes@midwest.social, Lord of the memes, 524 => 1027, 918 posts (6 this week)
!dogs@lemmy.world, Dogs, 703 => 1129, 498 posts (10 this week)
!alternativenation@lemmy.world, Alternative Nation: The Fediverse's Alternative and Indie Music Community, 39 => 162, 2722 posts (8 this week)
!feminism@lemmy.world, Feminism, 11 => 97, 214 posts (4 this week)
!ghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zone, Ghazi, 129 => 394, 745 posts (10 this week)
!linux@programming.dev, Linux, 413 => 673, 818 posts (19 this week)
!apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world, Apple, 636 => 947, 1328 posts (13 this week)
!lovecraft_mythos@lemmy.world, Lovecraft Mythos - Cosmic Horror, 107 => 309, 211 posts (4 this week)
!perseverancerover@lemmy.world, NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover, 39 => 170, 728 posts (6 this week)
!photography@lemmy.world, Photography, 95 => 250, 514 posts (8 this week)
!cat@lemmy.world, cats, 2722 => 3143, 4669 posts (51 this week)
!monitors@lemm.ee, Monitors, 33 => 136, 133 posts (16 this week)
!explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world, Explain Like I'm Five, 287 => 473, 102 posts (2 this week)

Subscriber Growth

!soapmaking@sh.itjust.works, Soap Making, 145 => 175, 12 posts (1 this week)
!carnivore@lemm.ee, Carnivore, 39 => 52, 21 posts (18 this week)
!leagueoflegends@lemm.ee, League of Legends, 63 => 78, 20 posts (18 this week)
!plantbased@lemmy.dbzer0.com, Plantbased, 72 => 89, 12 posts (4 this week)
!52weeksofart@lemmy.world, 52 Weeks of Art, 65 => 77, 8 posts (2 this week)
!bready@lemmy.world, Bready, 1217 => 1275, 117 posts (1 this week)
!peertube@lemmy.ca, Peertube, 55 => 66, 5 posts (1 this week)
!600euro@feddit.org, 600 Euro, 321 => 348, 36 posts (2 this week)
!musicproduction@sh.itjust.works, Music Production, 572 => 598, 53 posts (2 this week)

Active User Growth

!shitty_million_dollar_ideas@lemmy.dbzer0.com, Shitty Million Dollar Ideas, 29 => 627, 75 posts (2 this week)
!cats@sh.itjust.works, cats, 23 => 318, 288 posts (2 this week)
!dataisbeautiful@mander.xyz, Data is Beautiful, 65 => 438, 145 posts (4 this week)
!cyberpunk@lemmy.zip, Cyberpunk, 10 => 268, 272 posts (2 this week)
!linux_gaming@lemmy.world, Linux Gaming, 498 => 2059, 1008 posts (18 this week)
!futurama@lemmy.world, Futurama, 141 => 883, 290 posts (3 this week)
!me_irl@lemmy.world, me_irl, 716 => 2329, 528 posts (10 this week)
!custardfist@feddit.nl, CustardFist, 18 => 201, 200 posts (4 this week)
!dogs@lemmy.world, Dogs, 283 => 1168, 495 posts (10 this week)
!trees@lemmy.world, Trees, 80 => 553, 579 posts (9 this week)
!aww@lemmy.world, aww, 1051 => 2144, 1571 posts (13 this week)
!goodoffmychest@lemmy.world, Off My Chest, 101 => 479, 126 posts (1 this week)
!newcommunities@lemmy.world, New Communities, 236 => 600, 3151 posts (15 this week)
!voyagerapp@lemmy.world, Voyager, 70 => 352, 876 posts (8 this week)
!asklemmy@lemmy.world, Ask Lemmy, 5605 => 6592, 4856 posts (84 this week)
!longreads@sh.itjust.works, Excellent Reads, 84 => 351, 262 posts (6 this week)
!nostupidquestions@lemmy.world, No Stupid Questions, 3700 => 4352, 3456 posts (35 this week)
!codingcafe@programming.dev, Coding Cafe, 34 => 166, 16 posts (3 this week)
!linux@lemmy.world, Linux, 557 => 974, 764 posts (20 this week)
!main@hexbear.net, Post on Main, 200 => 461, 37541 posts (11 this week)
!nathanwpyle@lemmy.world, Strange Planet by Nathan W. Pyle, 407 => 833, 80 posts (1 this week)
!apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world, Apple, 594 => 1055, 1319 posts (9 this week)
!stable_diffusion@lemmy.dbzer0.com, Stable Diffusion, 17 => 99, 863 posts (3 this week)
!sysadmin@lemmy.world, Sysadmin, 195 => 419, 219 posts (3 this week)
!lego@lemmy.world, LEGO, 75 => 220, 303 posts (3 this week)

Subscriber Growth

!plantbased@lemmy.dbzer0.com, Plantbased, 47 => 83, 11 posts (4 this week)
!ArtificialIgnorance@lemmy.ca, Artificial Ignorance, 57 => 70, 4 posts (1 this week)
!TwoGoobers@lemm.ee, Two Goobers — Just the Two of Us, 160 => 177, 35 posts (2 this week)
!noseears@lemm.ee, Nose Ears, 60 => 70, 46 posts (12 this week)
!52weeksofart@lemmy.world, 52 Weeks of Art, 65 => 73, 7 posts (2 this week)
!leagueoflegends@lemm.ee, League of Legends, 63 => 70, 8 posts (6 this week)
!bready@lemmy.world, Bready, 1213 => 1251, 117 posts (3 this week)

If you're reading this, you may be new or interested in seeing what's up.

What the Fed?
So putting it overly simply and from the start, the whole federation thing is basically like you following/subscribing to people/channels to make your timeline or for you page, but it's a whole community activity and some of the people/channels are from a variety of places rather than a single platform.

From there, you then curate what the community's found to suit your interests as you would in other places, following/subscribing and blocking, muting, or keyword filtering, depending on where you're participating from. For what your place and community's found, you'll look through either the "All" or "Other Servers" feeds. "Other Servers" just means only from other places and their communities, meanwhile the "All" feed is a blend of both original stuff from your place and from other places.

If you want to see only what your place's posting, sharing, and discussing, you'd look to either the "Local" or "This Server" feed. If you're from a small place, chances are this may be quieter than bigger places, like a village compared to a city. This may also extend to the aforementioned "All" feeds, but that depends on your place's community and whether they're avid lurkers following and subscribing to many without saying much, or the opposite, highly chatty with each other while not looking much beyond their little place.

Gettin' Messy
But what if your community hasn't found what you'd like to follow yet?

Here's where things get messy and either fun, or frustrating, depending on your mindset and time of day. You gotta roam the web, be curious. See the weird thing after someone's name? Like "DingoDazzle@doughnut.delish?" That "doughnut.delish" is another place with who knows what there. Take a chance and see what else may be found on "doughnut.delish", then copy a username or profile/channel/community link you find there with a different place name like, "MadSodaScientist@chemical.soup" into the search for your place and try to follow it.

Okay, so that's a whole thing, and it's more involved than corporate social media where it's often just a click, but that's how the raw discovery tends to work around here because it's connecting different places. It's clunky and manual, but once you've done it, you've helped your place out by making sure others don't have to do that. It's often a thankless task, but so is much of finding things for strangers.

Also it's worth mentioning, sometimes it won't work in your place, because technology is complicated and hard and everyone's using it a little differently. It's always a little wonder any of this works even a quarter as well as it does, all things considering.

Some Discovery Resources
However, there's more to finding other stuff than that, because the point of all this is community, and that means you're not alone. There's a number of resources to help.

For link aggregators using Lemmy or similar, there's Lemmyverse, for finding communities to subscribe to. Not to mention there's a few communities in these places for announcing and promoting new ones, such as !newcommunities@lemmy.world and !community_promo@lemmy.ca.

For microblogging sites using Mastodon or similar, there's Trunk, Fediverse.info, and Fedi.directory. Also for trying to connect to groups across said sites, there's A.Gup.pe.

It's also commonly recommended to follow hashtags related to your interests, e.g. #SillyTech, but also it doesn't hurt to keep an eye on #FollowFriday. There's also FediFollows that posts regular lists of people and accounts they think may be worth following.

For video sites using Peertube, there's SepiaSearch, and streaming sites using Owncast, there's Owncast Directory.

And if you want to zoom out further, there's Fediverse.observer, where you can see a range of different places using different software to host their communities. It's a great way to explore even further afield.

Think that's all I have for now. Be kindweird, go strange places, share with others, and embrace confusion.

Toss in whatever else you think may be helpful that I'm forgetting/unaware of, keepin' with the attempt to stay on the lighter, non-technical side.

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!futurama@lemmy.world, Futurama, 241 => 568, 279 posts (1 this week)
!memesy@szmer.info, memesy, 33 => 162, 4730 posts (6 this week)
!globalpolitics@lemmy.world, World Politics, 132 => 331, 693 posts (6 this week)
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!dankchristianmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone, Dank Christian Memes, 57 => 206, 113 posts (1 this week)
!latestagecapitalism@lemmy.world, Late Stage Capitalism, 861 => 1293, 81 posts (3 this week)
!foxes@lemmy.world, Fox pics, 142 => 345, 132 posts (1 this week)
!internetisbeautiful@lemm.ee, Internet is Beautiful, 345 => 704, 122 posts (17 this week)
!startrek@lemmy.world, Star Trek, 369 => 697, 257 posts (1 this week)
!memes@lemmy.world, memes, 6701 => 7761, 3545 posts (19 this week)
!freegames@feddit.uk, Free Video Game Giveaways, 141 => 311, 949 posts (15 this week)
!pareidolia@sh.itjust.works, Pareidolia, 138 => 304, 127 posts (3 this week)
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!twosentencehorror@sh.itjust.works, Two Sentence Horror, 38 => 130, 87 posts (4 this week)
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!newcommunities@lemmy.world, New Communities, 440 => 664, 3113 posts (5 this week)
!smbc@midwest.social, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, 683 => 959, 128 posts (13 this week)
!funny@lemmy.ml, Share Funny Videos, Images, Memes, Quotes and more, 392 => 621, 767 posts (10 this week)
!polyamory@hexbear.net, polyamory, 11 => 59, 31 posts (1 this week)
!collapse@lemm.ee, Collapse, 183 => 343, 505 posts (17 this week)
!ghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zone, Ghazi, 136 => 273, 704 posts (4 this week)
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!itsme@lemm.ee, It's Me, 59 => 70, 47 posts (14 this week)
!rentnerfahrenindinge@feddit.org, Rentner fahren in Dinge, 203 => 223, 79 posts (1 this week)
!gardengrooves@walledgarden.xyz, Garden Grooves, 113 => 126, 1172 posts (232 this week)
!thomastheplankengine@lemmy.blahaj.zone, Thomas the Plank Engine, 177 => 193, 13 posts (3 this week)

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!transmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone, Trans Memes, 191 => 1017, 128 posts (6 this week)
!factorio@lemmy.world, Factorio, 140 => 925, 112 posts (13 this week)
!housing_bubble_2@lemmy.world, Housing Bubble 2: Return of the Ugly, 566 => 1438, 566 posts (28 this week)
!rcv@ponder.cat, Ranked Choice Voting, 27 => 334, 63 posts (10 this week)
!funny@lemmy.world, Funny: Home of the Haha, 2191 => 3832, 1201 posts (19 this week)
!mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml, Mechanical Keyboards, 16 => 157, 506 posts (6 this week)
!newcommunities@lemmy.world, New Communities, 342 => 1125, 3069 posts (16 this week)
!finanzen@feddit.org, Finanzen, 31 => 283, 32 posts (5 this week)
!selfhosted@lemmy.world, Selfhosted, 1369 => 2738, 3517 posts (21 this week)
!progressivepolitics@lemmy.world, Progressive Politics, 828 => 1673, 959 posts (33 this week)
!goodoffmychest@lemmy.world, Off My Chest, 54 => 277, 98 posts (3 this week)
!fdroid@lemmy.ml, F-Droid, 83 => 424, 365 posts (5 this week)
!linux_gaming@lemmy.ml, Linux Gaming, 344 => 811, 1235 posts (15 this week)
!unions@sh.itjust.works, unions, 571 => 1128, 1114 posts (22 this week)
!programminghumor@lemmy.world, Programming Humor, 32 => 186, 58 posts (1 this week)
!poetry@lemmy.world, Poetry, 79 => 323, 1088 posts (23 this week)
!memes@lemmy.world, memes, 6964 => 8033, 3298 posts (65 this week)
!communitypromo@lemmy.ca, Community Promo, 22 => 156, 290 posts (5 this week)
!europeanfederalists@lemmy.world, European Federalists, 403 => 777, 577 posts (376 this week)
!mlemapp@lemmy.ml, Mlem for Lemmy, 16 => 55, 330 posts (2 this week)
!okmatewanker@feddit.uk, okmatewanker, 514 => 835, 199 posts (4 this week)
!ontario@lemmy.ca, Ontario, 269 => 503, 418 posts (8 this week)
!pets@hexbear.net, Pets, 64 => 229, 247 posts (11 this week)
!sino@hexbear.net, sino, 169 => 386, 1075 posts (7 this week)
!cyanideandhappiness@lemm.ee, Cyanide and Happiness, 1261 => 1569, 534 posts (9 this week)

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!fedimemes@feddit.uk, Fediverse memes, 207 => 259, 46 posts (10 this week)
!scrungycats@lemmy.world, scrungycats, 377 => 404, 17 posts (1 this week)
!manul@lemmy.blahaj.zone, manul, 191 => 208, 27 posts (2 this week)
!micro_maps@ttrpg.network, Micro-maps, 94 => 105, 47 posts (5 this week)
!dandadan@ani.social, Dandadan, 45 => 53, 35 posts (1 this week)
!assistive_technology@lemmy.sdf.org, Assistive Technology, 84 => 93, 109 posts (1 this week)

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!squirrels@lemmy.ca, Squirrels, 19 => 316, 115 posts (2 this week)
!foodcrimes@midwest.social, Food Crimes - Offenses against nutrition, 11 => 312, 174 posts (2 this week)
!newcommunities@lemmy.world, New Communities, 123 => 1164, 3065 posts (19 this week)
!dadjokes@lemmy.world, Dad Jokes, 422 => 1885, 1082 posts (13 this week)
!europeanfederalists@lemmy.world, European Federalists, 104 => 736, 397 posts (324 this week)
!selfhosted@lemmy.world, Selfhosted, 1745 => 2575, 3514 posts (30 this week)
!usa@lemmy.ml, United States | News & Politics, 1157 => 2306, 5982 posts (89 this week)
!mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml, Mechanical Keyboards, 18 => 112, 503 posts (3 this week)
!okmatewanker@feddit.uk, okmatewanker, 254 => 811, 197 posts (6 this week)
!degoogle@lemmy.ml, DeGoogle Yourself, 16 => 141, 338 posts (3 this week)
!factorio@lemmy.world, Factorio, 60 => 325, 103 posts (6 this week)
!memes@midwest.social, Memes, 249 => 701, 384 posts (1 this week)
!programminghumor@lemmy.world, Programming Humor, 25 => 188, 58 posts (2 this week)
!ontario@lemmy.ca, Ontario, 128 => 416, 413 posts (7 this week)
!funny@lemmy.world, Funny: Home of the Haha, 1961 => 2586, 1189 posts (16 this week)
!energy@slrpnk.net, Green Energy, 387 => 696, 734 posts (15 this week)
!startrek@startrek.website, Star Trek, 259 => 598, 1382 posts (21 this week)
!herpetology@mander.xyz, Reptiles and Amphibians, 40 => 137, 109 posts (4 this week)
!health@lemmy.world, Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related, 239 => 462, 1764 posts (14 this week)
!cyberpunk@lemmy.zip, Cyberpunk, 16 => 127, 257 posts (6 this week)
!games@sh.itjust.works, Games, 2689 => 3269, 11330 posts (121 this week)
!communitypromo@lemmy.ca, Community Promo, 13 => 127, 289 posts (5 this week)
!unions@sh.itjust.works, unions, 474 => 716, 1098 posts (12 this week)
!livestreamfail@lemmy.world, Livestream Fails, 34 => 159, 118 posts (30 this week)
!raining@sh.itjust.works, Raining, 41 => 166, 118 posts (2 this week)

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!linuxsucks@lemmy.world, Linuxsucks, 5 => 60, 26 posts (22 this week)
!infosec_news@infosec.pub, Infosec News, 57 => 113, 420 posts (347 this week)
!fedimemes@feddit.uk, Fediverse memes, 185 => 249, 43 posts (10 this week)
!historyruins@lemmy.world, History Ruins, 436 => 470, 171 posts (7 this week)
!cosmichorror@lemm.ee, Cosmic Horror, 354 => 384, 132 posts (11 this week)
!hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se, Hacker News, 95 => 109, 3744 posts (625 this week)
!horrormovies@lemm.ee, Horror movies, 230 => 248, 248 posts (19 this week)
!gummigoo@lemmy.world, gummigoo, 7 => 10, 11 posts (4 this week)
!linkedinlunatics@sh.itjust.works, LinkedinLunatics, 3368 => 3429, 77 posts (1 this week)