RSS feeds! :) Honestly, sometimes these spaces just need a spark. Don’t be afraid to lay the tracks. People might come. :) You are on a tabula rasa platform, and people here can make their own and delete their communities as they want. It is more ephemeral than reddit.

psychedelic research (but don’t we already have generic psychedelic?)

I am aware of !Psychedelics@lemmy.ml and !Psychedelics@lemmy.ca , but they are not so active and not necessarily focused on research. So I wouldn’t mind someone taking care of a community here. It is a very active and interesting field, especially as it relates to mental health.

do we have neuroscience already?

No, and I’m surprised I didn’t make one when I made the instance.

I also used to frequent r/thalassophobia and r/natureismetal, not sure if those would fit the bill here.

I think Natureismetal would fit because it is always about an aspect of nature. Thassophobia is more on the edge, I would not oppose that but if users complain about it being too off-topic I would respond to that.

I am not typically someone who contributes with posts though, but I’m happy to moderate if you guys need a hand.

Always welcome! }

My concern is with starting a lot of communities and have no material to contribute consistently. I find it rather discouraging to join when I find a subreddit that looks interesting but abandoned

It is always possible to deal with a problem like this (of lots of empty communities) in the future, so no need to be too concerned!

Hey, want to mod !palaeontology@mander.xyz ? No pressure; I just had too many articles in my RSS feed and as a strict paleoecology person it felt off having them in there.