I usually look at “Local” or “All”, but that’s still only what is published on or is federated by my instance. What effective ways of discovering new content across all of the Fediverse do you know?
Locking for rule 5.
Or the instance agnostic link !newcommunities@lemmy.world
Very convenient, thanks!
Wow, there are so many interesting and diverse communities constantly created!
There’s a pinned post on !communitypromo@lemmy.ca
Nice. Thanks!
Every Lemmy instance has a built-in search tool that can be used to search across instances (make sure the slider at the top is set to “All”, it usually defaults to “Local”). Browsing All for a while will show you a decent cross-section of the most active communities (just make sure to tighten your filters). And there are some 3rd party search tools like https://lemmyverse.net/ that do periodic trawls of posts and traffic.
I somehow missed there’s also an index for communities. Amazing, thanks!
- View by “all”, subscribe to communities you’re interested in and block the ones you don’t want to see. Fediverse is still small enough that it’s relatively easy to sort through.
- Use the search bar to look for specific keywords for topics that interest you. Depending on your interface, you probably have some version of an “explore communities” page where you can see what’s popular.
- Sometimes I’ll find communities by seeing what other users with similar interests interact with on their profiles.
- Sometimes I’ll finding communities by seeing what other users with similar interests interact with on their profiles.
Darn this one is so obvious yet I didnt’t think of it. Thanks!
I just drive-by shitpost in “all” like the good lord intended
Communities page, all instances, scroll until an interesting one is spotted
There’s a community called “Lemmy411” where the purpose is to help people find a comm for a specific topic. If you have something you’re interested in, you can ask for recommendations there.
For me personally, sometimes people will just link various communities, and if it seems interesting and active I’ll subscribe. Tbh, I mainly used the same method back when I used Reddit
A whole community dedicated to finding the right community! I like how meaningful content selection is on the Fediverse. Thanks!
I follow random recommendations in other peoples comments. So welcome to !trippinthroughtime@lemmy.ca and !mrlovenstein@sh.itjust.works !
The first one is great. Loving it!
I’ve found that there hasn’t been much point in subscribing. Communities are so small that most have one post every couple of weeks or even months (outside of a few core popular communities). It has always been more worthwhile going to c/all and filter through what you see.
I have subs but I never bother with them and browse ‘All’. If there’s anything I don’t want to keep seeing I just filter out that community.
Ill often go to topics that I already enjoy:
I think topics are only a thing on PieFed?
If I recall theres another service that uses something similar? Regardless its how I found a ton of cool stuff. And you don’t need a piefed account to look.
And you don’t need a piefed account to look.
Ah right, I forgot about that
