Just by checking https://lemmy.ml/communities one can see the most popular communities of lemmy.ml. The plan here is to list all the alternatives for those from other instances. One can also suggest alternatives to be added here and I update this living document.

  • Ninmi@sopuli.xyz
    2·
    3 years ago

    Beehaw seems to make a fair bit of effort in providing communities for most common topics and providing content in a non-toxic and non-politically polarized environment. Would recommend alternatives in either of the two recommended instances.

  • freedomPusher@sopuli.xyz
    2·
    2 years ago

    Some of these take an ethical step backwards. I see the pattern: lemmy.ml on the left-hand side, which is generally a good idea because lemmy.ml is centralized by disproportionate numbers. But when you have another quite large node on the RHS which is rendered strictly centralized by Cloudflare, you have a downgrade. E.g. the nodes lemmy.ca and lemmy.one should appear on the LHS, and for transparency I suggest tagging them with a lightening cloud (🌩).

    • QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyzOPMEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Far too obviously this list has aged like milk as Lemmy has grown so huge and better tools are available for finding different communities.

  • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz
    1·
    2 years ago

    I just started !titanfall@sopuli.xyz, the one sub from reddit I feel like I could run myself. Come join if you’re a fan of the game/games! There were more that I was active in, I’m going to be trying to be even more of a contributor than I was on reddit, but I’ll ramp up as I figure out lemmy.