Post the links in the comments so folks can explore them and give their own input!
People liked the idea of starting with some hobby instances and asked for some more possibilities. Briefly checked a bunch out to take some notes, and if any are of interest please check them out and reply with further observations so this can be edited and improved.
- pathfinder.social - mostly Pathfinder/Starfinder but also general tabletop, GMing, worldbuilding, looking for group and stuff
- mander.xyz - dedicated to nature and science [houseplants, mycology, reptiles, plant identification, astronomy, archaeology, biology, geoscience, geography, anthropology, physics, isopods, chemistry, underwater photography, & more] (has a really nice custom UI theme so federating would allow viewing hexbear with it)
- thegarden.land (alt) - gardening
- programming.dev - programming and development
- lemmy.studio - for musicians and music lovers
- waveform.social - digital music, reaper, flstudio, ableton, synths
- lemmy.film - for filmmakers, movie buffs, artists, creators
- lemmy.radio - for amateur radio enthusiasts to use
- fanaticus.social - community of sports fans to talk about sports
- sub.wetshaving.social - for discussions, reviews, and general sharing of thoughts about wet shaving
- pawb.social - sfw furry instance
- lemmy.sdf.org - SDF Public Access UNIX System, retro computing
- compuverse.uk - technology [computing, retro, self-hosting, game deals, tech support, programming, speedrunning, blu-ray, etc]
- social.fossware.space - for FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Enthusiasts
- infosec.pub - information security
- terefere.eu - visual art, design, photography, architecture, artefacts, history
- lemmy.srv.eco - self-sufficiency, mutual aid, collapse, environment
- r-sauna.fi - all things sauna, in English but there’s Finnish culture
- preserve.games - sponsored by hitsave.org [Hit Save! is a registered 501©(3) non-profit dedicated to the preservation of video games, their history, and related physical and digital materials]
- dataterm.digital - all things cyberpunk, novels, games, ttrpgs, techno, VR, inline skating
- slrpnk.net - solarpunk, green energy, no lawns, composting, farming, climate, DIY, anarchism, vegan, birdwatching
- lemmyfly.org - aviation related communities
- lemmyrs.org - everything Rust language
- poptalk.scrubbles.tech - popheads, Swifties, Britney
- aiparadise.moe - ai art, ai writing
- mtgzone.com - Magic: the Gathering (MtG)
- pathofexile-discuss.com - Path of Exile (PoE)
- dormi.zone - Warframe
- startrek.website - everything star trek
- possumpat.io - instance hosting communities for some niche interests and hobbies [possums, ff14, gundam]
pathfinder.social - mostly Pathfinder/Starfinder but also general tabletop, GMing, worldbuilding, looking for group and stuff
def agree with this one. its the only unionized ttrpg and is generally a pretty friendly environment. idk if that instance is insane or anything but the pf2e subreddit itself isnt very sus
Yeah, baby. I’m on slrpnk.net. it’s a pretty chill federation.
Pathfinder.social has some general ttrpg comms as well and could enhance ttrpg@hexbear.net, worldbuilding@hexbear.net.
I like this! I hadn’t thought about federation with hobby coms to build put our less used comms but honestly I like it better than federation on a political basis. It still helps us hook in as a point in the matrix but without attracting wreckers.
Didn’t know the answer to this, so looked around to see what was available and made a list of hobby lemmys in a separate comment.
Lemmy.blahaj.zone has a lot of posts with a similar vibe but have struggle sessions about tankies. I think they could benefit from seeing our left unity culture, but we’d have to have janitors rigorously cleaning their shit before it hits our end. If we could moderate out the sectarian posts I think it would be a great addition.
this seems like a terrible fucking idea. it has 196 on it, which is known for its hyperfetishization of trans people. the fact that a trans space allowed them on is a serious mistake and it makes hexbear far more accepting to trans people as a result.
I think it is important to emphasize the word mistake here. The people running !196@lemmy.blahaj.zone are anticommunist shitlibs of the highest order, but the operators of the instance itself seem a lot more reserved. I have seen pushback against the red scare shit in some other threads there when the subject of blocking lemmygrad (which they haven’t done) comes up.
I think these 196 dweebs just ran up in there, declared it their new home, and now they’re stuck with them unless the admins decide to piss a lot of people off. I could be wrong, but this is the vibe I’m getting.
Anyway, I’m only being a pedantic nerd about this because it is very easy to get the moderation actions of the admins and mods of specific communities mixed up. Ultimately the admins deserve blame for leaving these people in power, but the landscape has changed drastically over the past week and I’m willing to keep my judgement a little bit lenient in the short term.
Isn’t 196 full of ites? I know I don’t have to subscribe but it seems like our users would a) bully them until we get defederated, damaging our reputation more than if we hadn’t federated with them, and b) complain about them incessantly on here, and also complain about there being too many complaint posts and also complain about there being too many complaint posts about complaint posts.
Apparently we can federate with Mastadon too and I’d be curious to see how toots.matapacos.dog would show up in a reddit style UI. Not necessarily realistic but worth the experiment imo
We can, I’ve had Mastodon replies on lemmy.ml, and it seem reply parenting just doesn’t work well. Mastodon just kind of has one long thread, not replies to each reply, so Lemmy can’t assume which comment a reply is too and just puts it at the top-most level and gives you the @ping. Usable, but not ideal.
At the moment, it is not possible to subscribe to user accounts on Lemmy, only communities. This means it is basically not possible monitor anything taking place on Mastodon from Lemmy because communities don’t exist on Mastodon. Mastodon users are able to follow Lemmy users (though not communities), and can reply to posts / comments they make. These replies are visible on Lemmy. From the Mastodon user’s perspective, there is no difference between a Lemmy post or a comment though. This may change as things develop.
~Federation Fridays~ We open the floodgates but only on Friday so we can work out our workweek frustrations by dunking on some libs.
