I'd love to see more communities that cover topics outside of the usual STEM / STEM-adjacent / typical redditor interests. I was on another reddit-alternative a few years ago called tildes and it was ... shockingly like a microcosm of reddit. Like, it's hard to describe how narrowly-focused, how stereotypically reddit, the userbase's interests are. STEM, anime, gaming.

The music, literature, humanities, environment, city life and so on communities are excellent starts in that direction. And, despite the fact I'll never read anything there, the sports community is equally valuable for the same reason.

That said, something for tabletop games would be cool, too. Preferably something not D&D/MtG because we all know they completely take over every space they touch (like my FLGS... RIP).

I’ve setup an instance focused on some niche topics and hobbies, there’s not much there yet but here they are if anyone wants!

FFXIV → https://possumpat.io/c/ffxiv

Bugs → https://possumpat.io/c/bugmenagerie

Esports → https://possumpat.io/c/esports

Gundam → https://possumpat.io/c/gundam

Star Trek → https://possumpat.io/c/startrek

r/ImSorryJon

Eldritch horror Garfield is essential to any online community.

Any and all of the sports subreddits. Nothing brings more user engagement (positive and negative) than game threads for sporting events. The sooner we can get a thriving sports community going, the faster Lemmy or any social media app will grow.

I'd like to see a book suggestion community with a decent number of requests. Something like r/booksuggestions or r/suggestmeabook. Most of what I did on Reddit was recommend books in response to requests.

I wouldn't mind seeing a New England community, either. Or Massachusetts one. I'd start one up, but I don't know if I could handle the moderation responsibilities!

r/Aquariums, r/PlantedTanks, r/Aquascape !

/r/guitar, for those of use who struggle (and suck) at self-learning this amazing instrument.

The only community I really miss is r/todayilearned. Just some quick, interesting facts. Having an alternative here would be fantastic.

Something social, and positive. Like r/roastme had a opposite one called r/toastme. Rather then burn and roast OP, you gave them compliments. It was a positive thing to see.

• More vinyl record collector communities. Always loved finding new music and seeing what interesting things people are picking up.
• Communities for specific, niche genres of music. Synthwave, mallcore, house music, jazz, etc.
• Archery! Love seeing the kind of things people are shooting, how people are shooting, getting advice, giving advice and learning new things about the sport.
• Geographically centered communities. I like having communities for my local state and cities to see what's going on in the area. Way more informative than local news.

/r/ExMormon

Sysadmin, networking, homelab

Begs the question. Is there a way to request a new community on beehaw?

hmmm…. for politics I would say r/neoliberal and r/socialdemocracy

other than that r/anime r/animesuggest r/demonslayer r/19684 r/towerofgod r/lotrmemes r/historymemes and r/mrfruit

Game related communities (/r/tf2, /r/chess to name a few!)

Edit: Just realised I want some tech-related stuff like /r/homelab, /r/selfhosted, /r/privacy, /r/homeserver and more too