When you create a community on Lemmy you automatically become the mod of that community. Is that stopping you from creating one? If so, which communities would you like to see here?

  • graphito@beehaw.orgEnglish
    14·
    2 years ago

    As for any region based instance I would like to see communities where people share their underappreciated travel spots and guides: from short backpack hike to family vacations.

  • Whimseymimple@midwest.socialEnglish
    9·
    2 years ago

    I was looking for others in the states that I have connections in, so maybe just separate ones for all the Midwest states individually? (There are a few, but not all.)

  • Doug [he/him]@midwest.socialEnglish
    9·
    2 years ago

    Ask - whatever questions you have that don’t fit somewhere that already exists. Maybe it’s super niche or maybe it just doesn’t work anywhere else.

    FriendlySupport - whatever you’ve got going on there’s probably someone who can commiserate if not offer additional perspective. Everyone needs someone sometimes.

  • AbsentApe@midwest.socialEnglish
    7·
    2 years ago

    Any and all racing? Local, dirt, Nascar, dragsters, indy car, F1. I wouldn’t be opposed to being a mod but I’m not the most active or outgoing person. Not a fan of responsibility.

    Edit: A general car community would be interesting as well.

  • I_like_cats@midwest.socialEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    Indoor Plants. I really enjoy looking at other people’s plant collections, talking about plants, plant Q&A, and trading cuttings for those open to it. But I don’t think I’m cut out to be a mod.

  • awa@midwest.socialEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    ‘AnarchistTheory’ - I would be willing to give moderating it a shot, but I dont know what exactly comes with the task and whether I am up to it

    Edit ‘Permaculture’ and ‘Earthships’ would be nice as well

  • SmokeInFog@midwest.socialEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    More focused linux communities for asking targeted questions or showing off rice, e.g. /c/debian, /c/linuxmint, /c/archlinux, /c/manjaro, etc

    • FormerGameDev@midwest.socialEnglish
      11·
      2 years ago

      fwiw, as long as the user count is quite low, it’s probably better to start with more general topics, and then break it down further as usership increases. just a thought/opinion on community building

      • SmokeInFog@midwest.socialEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        🤔 That’s a good point, and has me ruminating on my recently created community for the Kitty terminal emulator. Right now my plan was to try and make a post a day on why I think people should find kitty interesting and hoping to grow it that way. What I really want though is for it to be a place for people to ask technical questions about how to do or fix things in their own workflow. Maybe I should’ve waited to see those questions coming up in the technology communities (although in this line of thought you’d probably want to wait until there was a /c/linuxterminal or /c/commandline created first)

          • SmokeInFog@midwest.socialEnglish
            2·
            2 years ago

            I’ve already joined some, I’m not sure there needs to be another one atm. In fact I see that that I’ve already one for Mint that I’d forgotten about, lol, so I guess I might just need to be more observant 🔎

  • hrimfaxi_work@midwest.socialEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    Tossing in a new comment to ask a Lemmy etiquitte/standards question about this.

    Is it expected that instances like midwest.social or beehaw or whatever generally remain on-theme? For example, r/cemeterypreservation is a sub on reddit that I like a lot. But it’s a niche general interest and region non-specific thing. Would something like that be more suitable for another instance? What’s typical around here?

    • seahorse [Ohio]@midwest.socialOPMEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      It’s kind just up to the admins of the instance. I’m personally fine with whatever as long as it follows the basic rules outlined in the sidebar.

  • hrimfaxi_work@midwest.socialEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    Are there communities focusing on labor news on any instance? I’m primarily interested in US-based labor stuff, but an English-language international labor community would be sick.