I don’t watch youtube. My inline video contents mostly come from R… Vow, I miss those; they have some really interesting videos I keep forwarding to people.
Inline video is a thing on Lemmy, dont ask me how I know but it is now possible with certain hosting sites.
Certain informative, niche communities like /r/neovim, /r/prequelmemes, and er, um /r/sex. I know there are comparable communities here, but the volume is missing. OTOH, everyone is much friendlier here. And, a smaller user base means our comments don’t get buried among thousands. Also, I’m really enjoying new-to-me communities /c/risa.
I miss having large and active subreddits for the sports teams I follow. They were my primary source of news for the teams and game day threads were great.
I miss the idea of /r/outside. A kind of role play in a fun , not too abstract context.
Many communities exist, but mostly on paper.
What I haven’t found yet is something substantial and informative like /r/askhistorians.
Be the change you want to see. I noticed that every time I post even a small thing on those empty communities, people come and contribute.
It’s mostly an empty dancefloor issue, nobody wants to be the first
The other day I linked an interesting perspective on AI on !bestoflemmy@lemmy.world , hopefully those kind of exchanges happen more and more
Well, you’ve encouraged me to make a comment! And given me a great community to watch Lemmy grow!
Very true, and that’s why I think everyone on Lemmy should probably focus on a few core communities instead of spreading across niche ones that are empty. For instance, I think that photography communities (both .ml and .world, as well as other instances) would benefit from just posting to pics for now, to gain more traction on those ones.
Once we reach a constant flow of content, then it will be time to split.
On paper? Wtf? I don’t see that taking off. Is it a paranoid privacy thing?
