That was me. I don't really feel like modding. I was offered a few mod spots on reddit over the past 11 years, took up one or two, didn't really enjoy it.

But if everyone feels that way, then lemmy can never reach critical mass. SO i bit the bullet, created a community and hopefully someone will be interested in modding if it ever grows big.

If anyone's interested, I created maliciouscompliance (one of my favorite subs to lurk in). Mostly reposts for now, but OC should trickle in slowly.

Try joining from one of the links below:

/c/maliciouscompliance@lemmy.world

https://lemmy.world/c/maliciouscompliance

Or type the following in the search bar at the top: !maliciouscompliance@lemmy.world

Yes. 1000% for some of the NSFW subs I used to enjoy

As a former reddit mod who's made some communities here, so far they are 0% of the work of the reddit ones (not that I was working hard on the reddit communities, I set up automod and let it run). But so far I haven't had to do any mod work here because there's basically no spam and no bots. I'm sure that will change, but I can also just recruit more mods as the communities grow.

I miss my cat subs. The bigger ones like OneOrangeBraincell, StandardIssueCats, and VoidCats.

And some of the specific ones like Sploot, Toolps (reverse of sploot for the unintiated), KittyCankles, ScrungyCat,

NamFlashbacks. Mainly because my I took new pictures of my cats and wanted to post them there.

Yeah, I miss r/Psoriasis, because I have auto-immune, and I miss r/AskDentist and r/AskMechanic and all the learning based subs basically.

They wouldn't let me onto Beehaw with the answer I gave to their question, so I joined the first instance I could find that looked interesting. Now I kind of feel awkward making any new communities that aren't Star Trek related lol.

I miss idiotsincars

I miss r/KitchenConfidential. It was a subreddit for people who work in the food industry. I feel like I've lost my support group.

Yes.. like for Plex, 3d printing and other applications. Support via reddit was best around..

But seeing some new stuff would also be nice...

Yes, but then I remember that my account is only 2 days old, and maybe I am just too impatient now.

Yes. In my two or three days, I've considered making multiple, but then I remember I'd be defacto mod, and I calm down. Maybe later, but probably wait for the actual mods of those subs to make the community here.

Just do it anyway and randomly assign people who post there to be mods.

I started (like 2 hours ago) a Poetry community in my instance. I modded a few microscopic subreddits that never got any traffic, so I'm used to imposter syndrome as a moderator 😥

I made a community for Dads, I was subbed to a few on the R, but didn't see much on Lemmy. If you are a dad and want to contribute to this community, please check it out!

https://lemmy.world/c/dadsonly@lemmy.world

I've been trying to find an alternative to r/AskPsychology anywhere online because I've been trying to find statistics on how likely people with NPD and ASPD are to be abusive and be abused compared to the general population and have had no luck. Asking on places like Quora just results in dipshits and grifters screeching about how people with personality disorders are actual demons from literal hell (and in the latter case, shilling their blog, books, and webinars). ~Cherri

You can find communities here https://browse.feddit.de/

Not all of them on every instances, but it's a good start

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Absolutely, yes. There are a decent number of subreddits I enjoyed, but only as a lurker.

I wanna make new subs with new ideas- I just made c/pieceofmind for example, which might have a reddit analouge but it is still its own thing (for me nnaah ;u;). I also did made many reddit sub clones but I am planning to "transfer" ownership or hope some good mods come in lol, not planning to moderate subs except for a few

I made a couple communities that I use to love on Reddit. I def don’t want the control but I’m hoping the fact that the communities exist may attract more people and someone may come along who is better suited to run the show

Yes, someone do a photography one please, where you can post your photos and talk about it

I reluctantly created a bunch because I want to have those conversations. I figure with time we can always call for volunteers and appointment help as needed. I’m hopeful that moderating a board on Lemmy will require somewhat less effort than Reddit due to the friendlier atmosphere and lower volume.

I have neither the time, nor confidence to mod; but I have wondered if we should make something like a "lemmy wishlist" for communities we'd like to see ported. Seems like a good way for the lemmy community to vote on and discuss communities they'd like to see, and connect to would-be mods

Yes!! I’m with you, I’m active but not up for modding. Need Tennessee, My regional area, KidsAreFuckingStupid, and WhatCouldGoWrong.

Yeah, I am absolutely desperate for a German learning sub, but at A1, I am way too new at it to be moderating one

I have the opposite problem. I have a lot of subs to make and I can't figure out which to start with. Or if this is even the server I'm gonna keep, because there's a certain server I instantly discovered I want absolutely nothing to do with.

I'm just making shit I missed. Hope I'm not annoying with it, but it's like if it ain't there, put it there.

Totally. I suspect though that over time communities will appear for most things.

I’m resisting the urge to recreate r/Peloton (a sub about pro bike racing) before someone uses the name for a community based on those dumb exercise bikes.