Not one community specifically, but I really wish that communities about sports - specifically American football - were more active. I really miss that from the other place.

!lightnovels@ani.social

I think we need to get away from the short format brain rot media that is so popular today, like TikTok and Twitter/X. And light novels are familiar and approachable. Often, people have already seen the anime or seen the manga.

For that matter, even !manga@ani.social could use more activity, and manga is even more approachable than light novels.

I recently started reading a lot of the LNs that are on "catch up" at a website called j-novel club, and it's gotten me to enjoy reading novels more.

Also, the Ascendance of a Bookworm light novel is one of my favorite things I've ever read. It's a pretty long one at 33 volumes, though.

!streetwear@lemmy.world 🧢👕👖👟🕺

Short answer: All of them.

My Community Wish List:

Creative Communities

!creativecasserole@lemmy.world - All things creative to share

!collaborativewriting@lemmy.ca - Team up with someone or a group of people and write something together.

!writing_lounge@literature.cafe - A casual space for writers to talk, post, or discuss anything.

Educational/Informative Communities

!coolguides@lemmy.ca

!internetisbeautiful@piefed.social

!mealtimevideos@lemmy.cafe

!visualization@lemmy.world

Positive News Communities

!worldinprogress@lemmy.world

!goodnewseveryone@piefed.social

Humor/Funny Communities

!contagiouslaughter@sh.itjust.works

!standupcomedy@lemmy.world - Watch Comedy

!standupshots@lemmy.world - Read Comedy

!shirtsthatgohard@lemmy.world

!the_pack@lemmy.world

!atbge@lemmy.world - a.k.a. Awful Taste But Great Execution

!fakehistoryporn@lemmy.world

!cybersecuritymemes@lemmy.world

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Haven’t seen writingprompts in a while, really liked that one.

I am seeing more and more activity lately on !soulslike@lemmy.zip which is awesome.

!babushka_dogs@lemmy.ca

If you have a dog and haven't posted it in a babushka yet.. Why not?

Liberal gun owners. (Don't know how to link properly.)

https://old.lemmy.world/c/liberalgunowners

Such a great reddit community, or used to be. No toxic right-wing shit, just people showing off their builds and buys, asking questions, getting solid advice with no bullshit, talking laws and legal repercussions, linking timely news, loads of trans people posting. No judging! A new person could come in with the same damned question we'd covered 500 times. No problem! We'd all jump in and help.

Fuck I miss that place. It's dead here. Also, I think there are a few people that go in there solely to downvote. Don't know how to check logs, not interested enough to try, but it looks like assholes are trying to spoil it.

And FFS, NOW is the time left-minded Americans should be getting armed! Blacks, LGBTs and women have been the largest gun buying demographic for several years. They need help and they need a judgement free space to get it.

mine, but that is fine because its a niche topic.

!windowmanagers@lemmy.zip

Kind of wish the mass effect community was more active. NGL I kind of ended up hating the subreddit after awhile so no idea what to expect from folks on Lemmy but seems like it'd be better based on other communities I've joined.

!masseffect@lemmy.world

https://lemmy.world/c/blender

We need more activity over there. I hope to make a post or two soon, but it's sad only seeing a couple new posts before seeing things from months ago. C'mon 3D artists!!! Where ya at?

I'd like more discussion in stock market or economy communities.

I'd like to see a community for cool stuff happening in NYC.

I'd like to see more stuff for organizing protests and resistance, also for the NYC area.

Shameless self-promotion: !anniversaries@sopuli.xyz

It's like "On This Day", "This Day in History", etc. I'm currently the only poster but I don't mind, I enjoy regularly looking for interesting anniversaries.

Post anniversaries on any topic you feel like; even personal anniversaries are allowed!

!DIYMentalHealth@lemmy.dbzer0.com

I'm trying to start a mental health support community that's skills based to hopefully help people who can't afford or otherwise access professional therapy.

Here's the wiki (the main page has a quickstart guide if you're looking for some things you can do today even just to maybe help stabilize yourself a little)

Here's a specific list of ways you can get involved with growing this community

!ukraine@sopuli.xyz

Fuck Russia and their American agents.

!pinball@lemmy.world

One can dream

!hfy@lemmy.world

!hfy@reddthat.com

!hfy@lemm.ee

Scifi short stories are the only reason I go to Reddit anymore.

Music theory and conlangs. There are several conlang communities - but they're all on life support (or worse).

Lemmy already superseded my expectations with how active it is. That being said, I would love the following to see more action (although I'm mostly lurking there myself):

!nba@lemmy.world - Loved the discussions on Reddit. As a European, it's not easy to follow the games, so that was a great way to stay up to date.

!criticalrole@lemmy.world - Mostly carried by /u/Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zone, whose updates are *chef's kiss*

!quackers@lemmy.world - No explanation needed.

I'd love to see the !gamedev@programming.dev community be more active. As it is, the dev communities here are far more quiet than they were on reddit.

!doctorwho@lemmy.world

I think I did that right?

!albumartporn@lemmy.world

I want to read more !shittymoviedetails@lemmy.world please!

!kitchenconfidential@lemm.ee I miss venting with a bunch of other cooks on reddit, but unfortunately this community is pretty inactive.

!mahjong@lemmy.nerdcore.social

I think I might be the only person here who plays...

I 👏 want 👏 more 👏 girl 👏 content 👏

To be clear - I am talking about stereotypically "female" subjects, not about the gender itself, and I hope it goes without saying that I want people of all genders to be part of it. Some topics over on reddit are full of guys, NBs, and everyone else, but are what a bigoted 90s teacher would call "female" topics. I want more stuff of what that 90s teacher would call "girly" stuff.

I mean, something like a makeup community. Maybe skincare and fashion. Cleaning tips. Pre and post and peri pregnancy content. The parenting community on lemmy is super quiet. There is a sewing community but it is rather quiet too. I haven't found a mending focused community yet. Boy there even isn't a sailor moon community, like 😭 come on

I'm horrible in creating any content tho, so uhm, not sure I should be complaining.

!mensliberation@lemmy.ca

One of the most well-intentioned and reasonable spaces to discuss this type of stuff I've found, but posts are not frequent.

https://leminal.space/c/Sidehustle. I seem to be the only one who joined after seeing it in new communities. I don't have much to contribute to it just yet as sonebody who wants to have a side hustle but isnt ready to start planning but i was hoping it might kick off with some discussions and info i could start absorbing from in the meantime.

DJs! I can't be the only one on Lemmy, but the community is completely dead.

!guitarporn@sfw.community is basically dead, though I am as guilty anyone of not posting more.

!reallyshittycopper@lemmy.world has seen some posts lately but I wish it was more active.

!autoracing@crazypeople.online for motorsports.

!weeviltime@sh.itjust.works all you have to do is post weevil images and I will love you