Hi folks, are you hoping anyone picks up the torch and makes a community on here? How about a wishlist? Hopefully this will give a poke to others with mutual interest and to support some collaboration!

Running these things is not hard, a fun hobby and due to the nature of the Fediverse, rather laid back. Do not be afraid to try and take control of your content. This is what this place is about. You have agency here. If you have and idea and would like help with starting a community, raise your hand here!

I’ll start:

  • Wild Green Memes for Ecological Fiends
  • Palaeontology
  • Climate
  • Meteorology
  • Volcanism
  • Entomology
  • Oceans
  • PlantClinic
  • Hydrology
  • History of Science
  • Open Science
  • Digital Humanities
  • Ferns
  • Orchids
  • SalamanderMA
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    2 years ago

    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!