Where Reddit has “subreddits” Lemmy has “communities.” Which is a 4 syllable word with 9 or 11 letters depending on singular or plural and no convenient abbreviation so most of us especially the Reddit expats lapse back into calling them “subs.”
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Chespirito@lemmy.world 3 months agoI’ve switched to using this as well but it has very little user interaction. I hope it grows and is able to compete with Reddit one day. It would be nice to be able to go to a basketball or political subreddit (what do we call them here?) and actually be able to have a nice conversation.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Chespirito@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Thank you for information! I’m happy to have joined this community. For the most part there’s actual discussions here and not just meme answers at the top of every post
MataVatnik@lemmy.world 3 months ago
For the most part there’s actual discussions here and not just meme answers at the top of every post
Preach, no karma chasers here.
dezmd@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Comms and subcomms?
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
No such thing as a subcommunity AFAIK. There are instances (like lemmy.world or sh.itjust.works) and those instances have communities (like Technology or AskLemmy or…do we have a MallNinjaShit yet anywhere on the Fediverse?)
dezmd@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Lemmy.world is a community, /c/news is a subcommunity in that context.
It is whatever we collectively decide it is with enough traction at the end of the day, right?
MataVatnik@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Cumms and subcumms
Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 3 months ago
“Sub” is a generic term from the BBS days, short for “subforum”, “subcommunity”, whatever, so I just use that. I don’t like to use “community” because it’s long and clunky.
Chespirito@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I wasn’t aware of that! Thank you for educating me on the term.
MataVatnik@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Try posting on asklemmy, it may not be big enough for individual communities but I think you could bring in a crowd on a post about a particular episode if you posted there
v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
Is that its intended use? Actually not a bad idea
MataVatnik@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Maybe contact the mods, but I used it to identify a fledgling with great success
rglullis@communick.news 3 months ago
It would be great to have people like you on fediverser.network. Follow the subreddits that you miss from there and use to promote the Lemmy alternatives.
And I hope to see you soon on !nba@nba.space. :)
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
My guy create a Lemmy community about whatever topic and I will post something weird and offputing there, high-five !
clickyello@lemmy.world 3 months ago
they’re called lemmy communities, and there’s plenty of interaction! honestly it reminds me of the old days on Reddit before it ballooned into the monster it is today, I legitimately prefer it in every way other than lacking the niche communities (looking at you !2007scape@lemmy.world >.>)
you can find good political discussion in !politicalmemes@lemmy.world or !news@lemmy.world
dunno if there’s any good basketball communities tho, not my bag lol
Chespirito@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Thank you! And I like the interactions I’ve had so far. It’s just that I’m a huge NBA fan and that’s where I spent most of my time on Reddit. The nba Lemmy community isn’t very big yet but I’m trying to change that by being more active here. I really enjoy this and it feels like actual discussions can be had here unlike on Reddit.
balder1991@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Lenny is naturally more focused on technology, so sports communities will probably continue to be mostly on Reddit.
rglullis@communick.news 3 months ago
It doesn’t have to be this way. There are instances focused only on basketball, soccer, American Football, Tennis…