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If you create a community, please try and populate it with content. I see a lot of new communities with 0-1 posts from the mod. That's not nearly enough to get people engaged - users are going to see that it's a ghost town and leave. If you have enough interest to create a community, you probably know *something* about the subject matter, so PLEASE add some posts (5-10 would be a good start). Maybe some questions to get people talking, even popular reposts from other sites. It sucks shouting into a void, but if you don't do it, everyone else will also be shouting into a void. Also please consider whether you *need* to create a community! When there are 100 million users of the site, there may be 1000 people who are interested in the same exact niche tabletop RPG as you, but there are <500,000 users here for now, so you'll be lucky to find 10. Consider creating a thread in a broader community (like boardgames) until you have enough people talking in the thread that it gets messy - *then* it's time to create a separate community. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
# Rules The rules may be more established as time goes on, but it's important to have a foundation to work on. **1. Follow the rules of Lemmy.world** - These rules are the same as Mastodon.world's rules, which can be found [here](https://mastodon.world/about). **2. Include a community title and description in your post title.** - A following example of this would be `New Communities - A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.` **3. Follow the formatting.** - The formatting as included below is important for people getting universal links across Lemmy as easily as possible. # Formatting Please include this following format in your post: ```[link text](/c/community@instance.com)``` *This provides a link that should work across instances, but in some cases it won't* You should also include either: !community@instance.com or instance.com/c/community # FAQ: *Q: Why do I get a community not found message?* A: At least one user in an instance needs to search for a community before it gets fetched. Searching for the community will bring it into the instance and it will fetch a few of the most recent posts without comments. If a user is subscribed to a community, then all of the future posts and interactions are now in-sync. *Q: Why isn't the link working on kbin.social?" A: This is a community for Lemmy, there is a universal link for Lemmy, but when this universal link works on kbin. It turns out like the below. `https://kbin.social/c/newcommunities@lemmy.world/` Simply replace the c with an m for kbin.social like shown below. `https://kbin.social/m/newcommunities@lemmy.world/` *Q: When I try to create a post, the circle just spins forever. Why is that? * A: *(This may be removed soon as it is seems to be happening less often now.)* This is a current known issue with large communities. Sometimes it does get posted, but just continues spinning, but sometimes it doesn't get posted and continues spinning. If it doesn't actually get posted, the best thing to do is try later. However, only some people seem to be having this problem at the moment. # Cross-Posting On Lemmy you can use the the built in cross post function to link viewers of one post to another. This lets users quickly see what people in other communities are saying and also has the potential to expose someone to something new. For community owners this is a great way to go about seeding discussion in new communities. Example:  Thanks to this [post and creator for this tip!](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/217550)
lemm.ee
Since lemmy.film went down, the only horror movie community is on lemmy.ml and is a bit quiet (possibly because it's on lemmy.ml), so, just in time for Halloween, let me present, for your spooky cinematic sights, your dark delights and your devilish delectations: !horrormovies@lemm.ee
slrpnk.net
!product_reviews@slrpnk.net Hey all, this is my first community and a work-in-progress. I've only got one post up so far but I tried to make it a good one. I'll be making some more when I get the chance. I'll gladly take any feedback you have, suggestions for the sidebar, etc., and would love it if you want to participate too. Thanks!
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sopuli.xyz
[TIFU](/c/tifu@sopuli.xyz) !tifu@sopuli.xyz
sh.itjust.works
If any of the above speaks to you then I welcome you to !musicproduction@sh.itjust.works All knowledge levels welcome. Always wanted to make music but don't know where to start? I would *love* to point you in the right direction (and if It has to do with DAWs, synthesizers, or samplers I might even be able to! lol). Also, shoutout to [lemmy.studio](https://lemmy.studio/?dataType=Post&listingType=Local&sort=Active) and RIP waveform.social
Community: !aviation@lemmy.zip
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Hello everyone, As you may know, recently I started a few threads on specific categories of communities - manual hobbies - video games - music - animals - art - fandoms - casual conversations - etc. Feel free to have a look at the recent threads in this community, most of them are there. We might restart that cycle at some point (maybe next week). In the meantime, do you think there is any topic which should have their own thread that we haven't covered yet?
lemmy.zip
Community: !technology@lemmy.zip Not a new community, but maybe some people haven't heard about it yet.
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lemmy.world
Link: 1. lemmy.world/c/sponsorblock 2. !sponsorblock@lemmy.world >SponsorBlock is an open-source crowdsourced browser extension and open API for skipping sponsor segments in YouTube videos. Users submit when a sponsor happens from the extension, and the extension automatically skips sponsors it knows about using a privacy preserving query system. It also supports skipping other categories, such as intros, outros and reminders to subscribe, and skipping to the point with highlight. >The source code is fully open and the database can be downloaded by anyone. I want to keep this as open as possible! You can view the docs for the public API or host a mirror.
lemmy.zip
Community: !blackmythwukong@lemmy.zip
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A community dedicated to incredibly low quality facts. While the community is named after the mastodon account [Low Quality Facts](https://mstdn.social/@lowqualityfacts) it's not dedicated to that account and it's posts. All forms of low quality information are allowed! Either blatantly incorrect information, stuff that's so obvious that it doesn't need to be said, or something that's technically true but said in a terrible way. I've already posted a bunch there already to get things rolling so check it out! [!lowqualityfacts@lemmy.zip](https://lemmy.zip/c/lowqualityfacts)
I've just created !nosafetysmokingfirst@sh.itjust.works. It is similar to !dontdeadopeninside@lemmy.ohaa.xyz but the other way around. Text reads correctly left to right, but visual cues (like colouration or horizontal separation) lead you to try to read it top to bottom. Links: - https://sh.itjust.works/c/nosafetysmokingfirst - /c/nosafetysmokingfirst@sh.itjust.works - !nosafetysmokingfirst@sh.itjust.works
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Lemmy is a smaller site than Reddit, even before taking into account federation. So I cast a wide net here. A lot of specific popular shows like Futurama have dedicated communities, but I thought it'd be fun to have a generalized one https://lemmy.world/c/animatedseries
feddit.uk
!youcantparktheremate@feddit.uk For all your parking disasters
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Another SFW community: !guitarporn@sfw.community . Whether you have a large collection or just that one special piece of gear that you love, this is the place for you to show it off.
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[This Might Be Lemmy](/c/tmbl@lemmy.world) is a community for fans of the alternative rock band They Might Be Giants to share opinions, show experiences, fan art, and whatever other John & John-related stuff they like. !tmbl@lemmy.world
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!namethatsong@lemmy.wtf /c/namethatsong@lemmy.wtf
!kaufempfehlungen@feddit.org
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Hi there! I recently created [!sonicthehedgehog@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/sonicthehedgehog), [!metroid@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/metroid), and [!slycooper@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/slycooper) for their respective series. All three of these are series I really enjoy, and it seemed like there wasn't much in the way of active communities for them. * Sly I could find nothing for. * Sonic has an SDF, .ml, and pawb.social community, but these are dead, and their moderators have not posted anything anywhere in nearly a year or more. * Metroid has one nearly dead community on lemm.ee which I would have posted to instead, except both of its moderators seem to be long-gone as well. These all have the same (I think pretty lax) sets of rules, and I intend to share the rules across any retro gaming subreddits I may create going forward. I'm not looking for moderators right now only because these are starting out so small, but I'd be stoked to have you come check any of them out and contribute!
lemmy.world
Rules are still evolving, but right now I'm just aiming for a community for civil discourse ...if such a thing is possible in politics. !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world
[!augmented_reality@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/augmented_reality) https://lemmy.world/c/augmented_reality A community to discuss specifically AR related topics. Join us!!!
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!bistitchual@piefed.social [Bistitchual](https://piefed.social/c/bistitchual) c/bistitchual is a hobbyist textile community based on the popular subreddit of the same name. All needlecrafts are welcome, but it has a particular focus on: \- Utilizing multiple techniques in the same project (i.e. knitted sweater with tatted trim). \- Techniques too obscure to sustain their own dedicated community (i.e. nalbinding).
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