Pardon this rare text post, but I’d like to talk about the community for a moment. On August 3, 2021, I created this subreddit hoping to find others who get distracted by floaty things like I do. I knew this would be really niche, but after a year, there are 256 airheads here! I feel like my original set of seven rules did the job well and I recently made them official, reportable rules. Our original ten post flairs have also passed their flight tests and I don’t need to change them. By the way, post flairs aren’t strictly required, and if I see a post without one, I’ll just flair it myself. I did add 100 user flair emojis that mean nothing, use whatever you like. I recently added an RES-compatible night mode for Old Reddit based on the night mode I made for /r/wordle, but I made some additional tweaks for Old Reddit and New Reddit.
Your votes have helped me gain more understanding of what’s universally cool about floating, and what I might just be weird about. Some posts get boosted unfairly when I crosspost them to other subreddits, but I get the idea.
Here are the top ten posts of the first year of /r/FloatingisFun:
- Harta #91 cover by Katsu Somehira Space - 58 votes
- Senpai! I Can Float! by Hanako (Jiji) Weightlessness - 44 votes
- Flip Flappers Blu-ray volume 6 cover by tanu Levitation - 41 votes
- Minion in the Museum by Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Balloons - 36 votes
- Flight Magic Night by kou Levitation - 26 votes
- Tetra Cube α #2 by D D a l Space - 24 votes; submitted by /u/GilgameshWulfenbach
- Wunder by Kazari Tayu Space - 25 votes
- The Wind Rises by rtil Wind power - 24 votes
- Flying Magic OWO by Kutsu Levitation - 22 votes
- Kiki’s Delivery Service fanart by MyMoonJelli Multiple types - 21 votes in 4 days
So basically, y’all like cute things. You prefer fantasy floating over real things floating, characters over inanimate objects. Oh, and you really don’t like video submissions, but short gifs are OK. It matters less that it’s floating in an interesting way and matters more that the post is generally really cool and detailed even without its floating context.
Thank you for all your support. This subreddit is still young, and I need more input from the peanut gallery. Please post floaty things you think are cool. Basically everything that floats in the air is permitted as long as you follow the rules: credit the creator, link to the source, and avoid reposts, littering, distress, and NSFW content. Bring your best and we’ll continue to soar to new heights!
I’ve been encountering these posts in my feed lately and I have to say I’m intrigued. Not just by the cute art on display, but also by your fascination with floaty things, as you put it. It’s always fun for me when I encounter people who are into very specific interests.
Ed: I also question why bother with Reddit. Most of us escaped here from there and don’t want to go back. Just build a new place.
Thank you. My first love is !retrogaming , but there’s already thriving communities for that. Just like there are healthy established communities for my other interests like !chiptune music, !progmetal , !ai_ , !adhd , !LucidDreaming , !tetris , !imaginarysliceoflife illustrations, and so on. But a part of me is addicted to the feeling of floating. I scoured the internet for like-minded people and didn’t find any organized groups. So, I made the community myself and started gathering floaty things on the internet so people like me can congregate here and have a home.
