Asking this to the general audience because that’s a comment I’ve seen quite a lot recently.

So, let’s start with a list of communities that could be interesting to a wide audience, sorted by monthly active users (MAU), the most active being on top.

Those numbers may seem low, but remember that those are active users, who at least commented or posted in the last month. So even if you are afraid to be shouting to the abyss, there will be other people next to you to keep the ball rolling.

Also, please note that those communities are suffering from the current tedious discoverability of new content on Lemmy. I’m hoping to make them more popular with this post, as I’m sure those are topics that can interest a lot of people.

Another thing to keep in mind is that Lemmy cannot replace 18 years of content creation overnight. It will take time for those communities to grow to the same level of content and activity than there counterpart, but with a bit of time, we’ll get there.

In addition, there are a few places to look out for new communities.

The first place to look for is https://lemmyverse.net, but Lemmy.world communities are currently excluded for some reason (https://github.com/tgxn/lemmy-explorer/issues/139).

A second place is this community: !newcommunities@lemmy.world. People tend to promote their communities there, you can also ask for a community you are looking for.

Finally, !trendingcommunities@feddit.nl provides a daily report of communities becoming popular.

  • @Infynis@midwest.socialEnglish
    6•10 months ago

    !cocktails@midwest.social is one I’m hoping will grow with time. As is, we get probably a couple posts a week, and honestly, roughly the same amount of comments as on r/cocktails, despite it’s much higher user and post count, so it seems like people are enjoying the engagement. If you’re into fun drinks, stop by!

    • Xariphon
      3•10 months ago

      I just subbed. Next time I make one of my favorites – a White Russian or a Mudslide – I’ll try to remember to take a picture. (And yes I know I have the palate of a six year old girl.)

      Edit: One of these days I’ll watch enough “How To Drink” videos to make me ambitious about mixology again.

      • @Infynis@midwest.socialEnglish
        2•10 months ago

        Hey, they’re classics for a reason. Don’t be afraid to experiment though! I love a White Russian with rum subbed for the vodka. And I bet both of those cocktails would be great shaken with an egg, and topped with grated nutmeg

        • Xariphon
          2•10 months ago

          What’s the deal with eggs in cocktails? Raw egg yolk is approximately the grossest thing I have ever experienced, texture wise, so… yeah. ELI5?

          • @Infynis@midwest.socialEnglish
            3•10 months ago

            In cocktails, eggs mostly just give texture, so putting a whole egg in a drink makes it rich and silky, which is good in a desert drink. Cocktails with whole eggs are called flips, and you can make all kinds. I did one once with bourbon and apple cider to make apple pie