I def would like more activity on !rust@lemmy.ml , !uncle_bens@lemmy.ml, and !startrek@lemmy.ml.

r/PCMasterRace r/GameDeals r/Fitness r/BuildAPC

Subs that have good guides and community info

Reddit had a few awesome book communities like r/fantasy and r/printsf. Which I see a bit of here, but they still need to build up.

I want to see all the niche game specific subs, or at least how they used to be. Reddit started going downhill recently, with lots of good discussion moving to discord, and subreddits just being flooded with memes. I hate searching for anything on Discord...

Art, art related. Watercolour. Oils. Sketching. Urban sketching. Etc

Grimdank. I don't play it but I love the Warhammer universe.

Bit of a self promo but since this thread is getting traction and people coming here might be looking for subreddits alternatives...
If you're bi or like bisexual memes, it'd be great if you joined us over at !bi_irl@lemmy.ml :)

I'm a bit overwhelmed by the response this has gotten. This thread could serve as a great source of inspiration for people who want to create subs (or is instances the right phrase now?) around topics they're passionate about. Forgive me the cliche but, be the change you want to see! If it doesn't exist, make it.

Easily 50% of my time on Reddit was spent on either /r/Worldbuilding or /r/GoodWorldbuilding and I'd love to see a community like that here on Lemmy. My favorite part was always the prompts and discussions which helped me further build my world and read cool details about other people's ones.

!privacyguides@lemmy.one also exists!

Philosophy, Liturature and Science subs (there are numerous).

Offmychest and advice

I think an exodus to a new site allows an interesting opportunity to break from the restriction of traditions and create new communities. There's no reason the 196 clones have to be called '196'! (or worse, '197')

There are some subs that I'd rather see dead, and some that are just amazing, just based on their moderation and communities. r/fantasy is a shining beacon of light in an otherwise dark world, and with it a lot of the sister communities like WoT, Stormlight_archive and similar. They all have a positive feel, including and fair with just enough moderation without becoming heavy handed.

So in a sense it's not so much the content, but rather the community itself that I'd love to see persisting beyond reddit.

Most of my time on Reddit was spent on r/Rimworld, r/Huntshowdown and r/books. So, those. I'll probably engage on any graphic design and art adjacent subs too, when they pop up.

Edit: actually, I'd like to get something cleared up. Instances are akin to subreddits? Or are multiple boards inside one instance?

I'd like to see PS5, NintendoSwitch and ITManagers communities. I would start them, but do not have the time to moderate. :/

I need some more sports communities. NFL, CFB, football/soccer, NBA, MLB, Hockey, etc. A lot of the very niche ones like certain anime (r/onepiece, r/kingdom, r/hunterxhunter) or book (r/asoiaf, r/stormlight_archive) or game (r/deadbydaylight, r/stellaris, r/EU4) probably aren't going to get high enough populations to exist here so i don't expect it. But I need the sport specific ones

Final Fantasy XIV. No, you have a problem!

Self hosting

r/liberalgunowners and r/homelab

r/squaredcircle r/formuladank

Cat communities are definitely a rabbit hole that is fun to go down on Reddit. Sport ones like r/NBA and r/Formula1 are some of my most used subreddits.

I would love to see r/emo and r/mathrock here

Noncredibledefense. There's one already but it's not active at all

My big three (right now) are CFB (college football), Golf, and Warhammer 40k. I think warhammer 40k and golf could easily transition as they arent as confederated. However CFB is a pretty tight community with its own ranking polls and a ton of stuff built by the moderators and communities. That said I'm pretty sure a lot of those polls utilize reddit APIs for user verification. And that could be a real problem if Reddit messes with the APIs too much.

R/German, r/ich_iel, r/justrolledintotheshop, r/oneorangebraincell, r/CuratedTumblr would be cool to see!