For me, it’s a few things.

  1. A way to burn time that doesn’t feel like a digital sugar rush.

  2. Support, camaraderie, and kindness, primarily from /r/stopdrinking.

  3. Niche stuff, like ideas for local hiking and backpacking trips, propaganda posters, and kayaking info.

  • C. Jonah
    19•1 year ago

    I’ll co-sign all of that! Niche stuff is why I was on Reddit.

    Fitness for FTM guys, my city’s local page, subs for my dogs’ specific breeds, Jewish cooking. The communities that grew organically in n niche spots brought me a lot of joy.

    Also hey! Kayaking! If you know of a Lemmy community for it, I’m game! Always nice to run into other paddlers.

    • Andreas
      2•1 year ago

      Seconding FTMFitness, but Lemmy doesn’t have an active general fitness community yet, and getting the average trans guy to stop using centralized platforms is like pulling teeth because the knowledge of technology and privacy among trans men is dismal. I gave up on seeing trans men in FOSS and the decentralized web at any large scale after seeing how many of them chose to keep using Twitter despite the Elon Musk protests because the Fediverse is scary.

    • @mcpheeandme@lemmy.worldOP
      2•1 year ago

      That’s great stuff! I really hope we can build Lemmy up so that it scratches our niche itch.

      There’s an unpopulated kayaking sub I found yesterday: https://lemmy.ml/c/kayaking (Not sure if I’m sharing that link correctly or in a way that makes it easy to navigate.)

      I posted a photo yesterday. Would be awesome to help get it off the ground!

    • @tovi@beehaw.org
      1•1 year ago

      Have you found a Jewish cooking niche here yet? Because I would absolutely be into that! I’m not good at cooking, but one of the few exceptions to that is that I make fantastic challah, and I’m always up for sharing that.