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this post was submitted on 04 Mar 2026
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I'm gonna try to be as neutral about this as possible:
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lemmy.ml, lemmygrad.ml, hexbear.net are mostly filled with self proclaimed "Marxist-Leninists" that support the USSR and PRC...
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You can block instances in account settings...
Use this info however you want to
I used to be the guy saying "Hey, they're not that bad" until I get a comment removed for a stupid fucking reason". Why are mods such pathetic power tripping losers? I'm a community mod. I don't delete comments, even though I occasionally see ones that annoy me.
lemmy.ml defederated from ani.social ages ago, so OP is at least spared on that front.
Lemmy.ml has some pretty active communities on it. Might be worth it for OP to look over their most active communities and see if any interest them. If so, you have the option of blocking communities instead of the whole instance.
Lemmygrad and hexbear pretty much stick to their sociopolitical beliefs. If that's not your bag, then no real loss in blocking those instances.
Nope. Zero tolerance for .ml communities. Even if I'd otherwise be interested, their admins are so unpleasant that I would not recommend anyone participate in them.
- The most active comm in the whole Threadiverse is !technology@lemmy.world
- You can check !fediverse@lemmy.world and !fedimemes@feddit.uk to see what's happening in the Fediverse.
- For drama between people, we have this: !yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- Same thing, but more political: !meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works
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- This place might look inactive compared to Reddit. We are trying to grow organically. Bear with us.
- If you want to help smaller communities out, try using the Scaled sort. It gives a boost to smaller comms in your feed.
There are a few extremist, toxic and NSFW communities you may want to block on your normal browsing account, you can do so in settings.
Which ones? Oh don't worry, you'll find out. Just be on the lookout for the @something.TLD part of the posts that make you think "WTF" when you see the same a couple of times ... you know to block that one.
Depends on what you like! https://lemmyverse.net/communities
Oh- and if you’re looking for the right app, I highly recommend voyager.
One thing I've noticed is that, if a community looks dead, you can post in it and people will still see it. Like, there are communities where there hasn't been a post in four months, but then someone posts in it, and it gets 10-12 replies. This seems to be very different from Reddit, where inactive communities would never make it to your front page, even if you were subscribed to them.
So, don't be disappointed if you find a community about something you're interested in, but it looks inactive. There might actually be like dozen people who will see your post and want to talk about it.
You mentioned music and manga in another post; a couple of related ones I'm subscribed to are:
Learn how to block people, communities, and instances. Personally, I'm not into anime, so I block the ani.social instance and whatever anime communities start up on other instances.
Not into sports so I block most sports comms.
I also block users whose names are just too narcissistic, banal, or vulgar.
Out of curiosity, do you block @SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world for example
Out of curiosity, did you get a thrill typing that out, pushing send?
Yes
This.
The vast majority of content here is posted by a few dozen users.
Blocking a few of them really changes the tone.
Subscribe to a bunch on communities and even duplicate communities acrossed instances. Lemmy is much more spread out and not as popular it seems
You should read the sidebar rules before posting.
This post is violating two.
Welcome!! What are you interested in? There are a lot of communities here, but unfortunately not quite as many as the other place. >_> However, it's easy to create new ones!
To contradict what the other kind commenter said, for an app I recommend Boost for Lemmy. ;)
I like discussing music, Mysteries, Japanese media, etc
Nice! So (assuming you're on a PC), you want to click on "communities" at the top and then search for whatever. I personally like these ones: Bandcamp, Music, Indieheads, and anime. Remember to click "all" when you're searching!
Also: there are some quirky places here, like !bench@lemmy.world. It's just pictures of benches around the world. I love it.
Yo! Thanks for the bench shout out. It reminds me I have a good one that I found in my picture library recently that I must post.
Of course dude! I still need to post more random benches in Japan!!
Those are honestly my favourite.
Is there a way with mobile? Currently using Voyager
On Voyager, just use the search button with the magnifying glass on the bottom right.
probably, but I use Boost so I can't help you haha. Surely someone else will chime in, but I'm sure with enough poking around on the app you should be able to find it.
I have a rock music community that I would love for someone to breathe life into. I'm not really sure what to do with it.
/c/rock_music@lemmy.world
So, I see you joined ani.social and you have made mention of enjoying Japanese media elsewhere in this thread. In that case, I have some community recommendations for you:
- !anime@ani.social - The most active community for anime discussion (disclosure - I am a community mod)
- !manga@ani.social - The most active community for manga discussion (disclosure - I am a community mod)
- !lightnovels@ani.social - Community for Japanese light novels
- !animemes@ani.social - Memes, but anime
- !anime_irl@ani.social - Other anime memes
There are plenty of other communities out there for specific pieces of media, if you are looking for those as well. Some of the more active ones I am aware of:
- !frieren@ani.social - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End - Season 2 is airing right now!
- !dungeonmeshi@ani.social - Delicious in Dungeon
- !gundam@ani.social - General Gundam community (disclosure - I am a community mod)
- !bocchitherock@sopuli.xyz - Bocchi the Rock
- !onepiece@lemmy.world - One Piece
- !overlord@sopuli.xyz - Overlord
- any of the communities on bookwyr.me - Ascendance of a Bookworm
This may sound like a dumb question and I already have accounts for it but would I need different accounts to join certain communities? I currently have shit just works and club account
No, any of your accounts should be able to see all communities you might wish to join.
There's an exception to that, but it's not worth worrying about for ages. This may be less likely, as you're on ani.social and that should be the instance best aligned with your interests; once you're used to Lemmy, you may find that a community you want is on an instance that isn't federated with your instance. In that case it's easy to export your profile and move.
I don't think so. I only have a lemmy.world account and so far I've been able to access everything.
Well this is a very, um, specific recommendation, but LemmyNSFW was the go to place for adult content on Lemmy but it recently died and has been replaced with Fedinsfw.app. You know, in case you need a specialized alt...
This thread (and community) is kinda the starter pack: https://threadiverse.link/lemmy.ca/post/40160493
Other than that, search for your interests and sift through /all a little, you should be able to build up your subs pretty quick.
And thanks for being on Lemmy! Try to keep in mind that all the less-active-than-you'd-hope communities need your help. Engage where you can to support the community building effort, it makes a difference here.
This. I was just thinking about it this morning for some reason. "I wish my niche Lemmy communities were more active. Wait. I'm part of the reason they're not! Time to post more."
Hello!
Do you like word games/crosswords? Check out !crossword@lemmy.world and !nytconnections@lemmy.world
there’s only about 30 active subs, most people here are ultra left wing and feel that downvoting and yelling insults at people with opinions different from them are their version of activism
enjoy ☺️
I notice this too.
So, out of curiousity, why are you on Lemmy if that's how you feel?
It's a sacrifice I'm willing to make to spend less time on American platforms
Makes sense I guess. I don't experience this downvoting behavior though, probably because I'll block any magazine where this happens.