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!

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.

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.