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How to get a bit more positivity in the Lemmy feed ? (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by red_pigeon@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I know a lot of shitty things are happening in the world right now. But I get this feeling that most of the posts I see in lemmy feed are sad or depressing.

Are there any uplifting communities that I'm missing out on ?

Edit1: Thanks for the suggestions everyone

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[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 64 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Here are a bunch of fun communities that are active (avoiding news, tech, and memes):

If you like them, be sure to upvote / comment / post!

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago

Thank you!

It is funny, first thing I see:

[–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Superbowl reminds me of the SDF Fox News

~~https://lemmy.sdf.org/c/foxnews~~

Ifoxnews@lemmy.sdf.org

(Edited to make the bot happy!)

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 11 months ago

Best place to get news on Lemmy.

[–] CommunityLinkFixer@lemmings.world 2 points 11 months ago

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !foxnews@lemmy.sdf.org

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

!eurographicnovels@lemm.ee

I... am both dumbfounded and grateful that you appreciate our community, Rolando. <3

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Thanks! Just subscribed to most of them :)

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 45 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I try not to spam myself nowadays, but !superbowl@lemmy.world has great photos, of course, but I also have a good bit of educational and scientific content and places you can go visit in person.

I post daily, so if you have even a remote interest in beautiful killer birds, give it a look. I just did another ELI5 research paper write up today, and with 250 types of owls, I can guarantee you stuff you've never seen before!

[–] we_avoid_temptation@lemmy.zip 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I appreciate you and the owls

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Glad to hear it! It's fun always finding new things to share.

[–] safesyrup@lemmy.hogru.ch 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I am really glad it‘s fun to you because i really enjoy your posts and i hope they never stop! :D

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I'm hearing from so many new people today! I knew there had to be more of you out there!

Always feel free to chime in with a question, comment, or request.

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 32 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Art communities are usually encouraging

[–] red_pigeon@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Thanks. Any suggestions in particular ?

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago

Haha. I moderate !watercolor@lemmy.ml

But there's a great one called art share. Another is traditional art.

There's some great communities

[–] federalreverse@feddit.de 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

!artporn@lemm.ee. This one has a rather prolific mod, craftyindividual, who not only single-handedly keeps up the community but also posts a large variety of artwork.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The world is a pretty shitty place right now so if you follow political communities you'll get a lot of negativity.

Interest based communities tend to be more positive since we're talking about things we love (be that pets, gardens, or TTRPGs)

It is perfectly fair for you to feel unable to cope with negativity though, so feel no guilt if you just want a feed full of cat pictures.

[–] red_pigeon@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

I mostly subscribe to tech and news, which is mostly sad. I get suggestions to subscribe to Cyanide and Happiness which is supposed to be sad (I guess). Interesting suggestions, thanks 👍

[–] magiccupcake@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago

I browse all, and I just block communities that I find overly negative.

[–] fin@sh.itjust.works 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

LemmyBeWholesome? !lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world

Or WholesomeMemes !wholesomememes@lemmy.world

[–] NatoBoram@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Cats are all the rage on Lemmy at the moment

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 7 points 11 months ago

Come back tomorrow when the Caturday crowd is around, and Cat Lemmy will be poppin' off.

[–] rollmagma@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

I just block everything that has the words "news" or "meme" in them. That already avoids you 90% of bad news and disgrace.

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Move over to beehaw.org, way less ragebait and much more positivity.

[–] boogetyboo@aussie.zone 6 points 11 months ago

I'm torn between curating what I subscribe to here to eliminate overly negative things, with wanting to stay in the know specific industry topics and about important world events.

Unfortunately most of the important world events are negative. And my industry is a disgusting race to the bottom of the consumer exploitation barrel.

So on some days I just try to not open specific types of posts if I know it's just going to get me down. I stick to memes and comics on those days

[–] the_mullet@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Follow my community mullets@lemmy.ca !

[–] Deebster@lemmy.ml 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You've missed off the ! so Voyager thinks it's an email address.

!mullets@lemmy.ca

[–] the_mullet@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

Oh THAT'S how you link a community! I still hadn't figured it out yet.

Thank you!!! 😊

[–] midnight_puker@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

You're doing the Lord's work.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Fuckin glorious. You better post more! Sadly, I just got a trim but we'll see if I can contribute in a few months.

[–] the_mullet@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

Summer's right around the corner! It's the perfect time!

[–] midnight_puker@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

You can never go wrong with cats or plants.

[–] pelletbucket@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

I just went through my list of subreddits and searched Lemmy for similar communities. I would say a good 70% we're already represented here

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

https://lemmy.world/c/scoopthepoop

[–] CommunityLinkFixer@lemmings.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !scoopthepoop@lemmy.world

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I wish Voyager would give me that formatting as an option when I use the share feature.