This post serves two purposes:

  • To discuss possible communities for this instance.
  • To archive communities that I was previously subscribed to from reddit.
    • My memory is really bad, and it’s possible that I could lose my ability to find the kinds of things I’m looking for.

This post is not comprehensive, I just think these particular communities have the most relevance to what I’ve seen here so far. It is ordered by my personal preference, then by category/subcategory.

Feel free to throw out ideas for consolidation. Since this place is relatively small at the moment, I figure it’s better to be more general than specific right now.

(Are tags/labels a thing in lemmy? That could help organize more general communities)

Want

Communities that I really like, and think would be a good fit, though some consolidation might be necessary.

Tech

  • technology
  • gadgets
  • geek
  • technews
  • electricvehicles (Maybe?)

Development / Administration

  • programming
  • learnprogramming / askprogramming
  • csharp
  • dotnet
  • linux / linux4noobs
  • PowerShell
  • gamedev
  • webdev

Gaming

  • boardgames
  • games/gaming
  • webgames
  • outside (Maybe too specific, but I love this place)

Kind of Want

Communities that I browse, but don’t participate in that often.

Tech

  • buildapc (Perhaps should be a part of PC Gaming, but there’s many reasons to build a PC)

Development / Administration

  • typescript
  • fsharp
  • programmerHumor
  • homelab

Meta communities

Communities about communities/instances.

  • bestof One for this instance, perhaps)

Loose fit

Communities that may or may not fit this instance, but has some overlap or adjacency, at least.

  • movies
  • anime
  • audiobooks
  • personalfinance
  • jobs
  • cscareerquestions

Passing Interest

Communities that I’m subscribed to, but probably needs some consolidation or renaming.

Tech

  • rust (the programming language)
  • devops
  • amateurradio

Gaming

  • gamesociety (Like a book club for games. Perhaps could belong to retro, but I’m not sure)
  • gamemusic

Retro

Possible consolidation candidate. RetroGaming, intended for games/consoles out of support/no longer being made.

  • RockinTheClassics

Specific Genres

Perhaps too specific, but I’m not sure if this is easily consolidated. Ideas welcome.

  • flightsim

Loose fit

Communities that may or may not fit this instance, but has some overlap or adjacency, at least.

  • ted
  • khan (khan academy)
  • swords
  • GameDeals
  • datasets
  • futurology
  • justrolledintotheshop (Sort of like IT work, IMO)

Maybe too specific

These are communities I’m subscribed to, but they are usually very specific. If possible, I’d like to consolidate these, but it’s tricky.

Tech

  • AMD (Probably belongs to buildapc or PC_gaming, but could be a tag, if that’s a thing in lemmy)

  • Ubiquiti (Tech brand)

  • cableManagement (Maybe this and the two below could belong to a homelab type thing, related to buildapc, perhaps)

  • cableadvice

  • deskCableManagement

Development / Administration

  • CollaborateCode
  • ADHD_programmers (This is so specific, but I fit into this category. I don’t know where I’d find something similar)
  • programmerTIL
  • learncsharp - (Too specific, learnprogramming should be sufficient)
  • darknetplan
  • keepournetfree - (Technically could be considered a political issue (Related to net neutrality), but it’s very specific. Up to you.)

Frameworks / Engines / Software

There has to be a better consolidated name for this kind of thing.

  • angular2
  • vulkan
  • openGL
  • Unity3D
  • Unity2d
  • unity_tutorials
  • godot
  • RPGMaker
  • electronjs
  • vmware
  • ansible
  • puppet
  • azuredevops

Gaming

  • linux_gaming (A subset of PC_gaming, perhaps, but it’s a good niche, IMO)
  • soloboardgaming (A subset of boardgaming, I don’t know if lemmy supports tags)
  • incremental_games (Perhaps belong to a genre type thing?
  • gamernews (Probably unnecessary here, really, if we can tag posts)
  • ludology (Probably unnecessary here, really, if we can tag posts)
  • playdate (Not sure how this would work here, if it could)
  • SteamPlay

Retro

Possible consolidation candidate. RetroGaming, intended for games/consoles out of support/no longer being made.

  • dreamcast
  • vita
  • wiiu
  • sega32x
  • 3ds
  • gameboyAdvance
  • xlinkKai (Allows network play for older console games)

Modern

This is another candidate for consolidation. Games/Consoles that are still supported or being made.

  • nintendoswitch

Specific Games

Probably too specific to make a community here, but I at least want to document it.

  • anotheredenGlobal
  • Fallout
  • acecombat
  • Starcraft
  • Minecraft
  • ffxiv (Perhaps could make a more general sub like MMO_Games)
  • civ
    • theeternalwar (About a very specific game of civ3, only here for documentation purposes)
    • CivPolitics
  • factorio
  • simtower
  • DissidiaFFOO
  • sc2mods
  • cityofheroes
  • Freespace (Perhaps could inspire a more general community, OpenSource_Games or something)
  • Wasteland

Content/Content Creator (?)

Loose fit, these are specific discussion forums I go to about people I follow or sites/content I pay attention to.

  • TheWeeklyRoll
  • TheCompletionist
  • gametheorists
  • Phelous