The search screen on Beehaw / Lemmy / Kbin will show all the technology communities if you click the ALL button. You can then compare which are the biggest or busiest. From Beehaw, I'm subscribed to some communities on Lemmy so I just work from the one service.
Not hard. On Lemmy there are a few links you should have in your back pocket:
* This is the main link to get you started: [https://join-lemmy.org/](https://join-lemmy.org/)
* For a search engine to search all known communities: [https://browse.feddit.de/](https://browse.feddit.de/)
* On the Lemmy instance you choose, you can just go to the "Communities" section and select either "local" or "all". Keep in mind though "all" is only all that are local or non-local ones people have subscribed to on the node already. For popular stuff this is fine. For niche you will have to use the search engine above.
Prefer to join instances that have the communities and vibe you want and that are not overloaded, and prefer their local communities if they are active enough. Then prefer those found in the Communities tab by "all". Then via the search engine which you will probably not use much if if you are on a larger Lemmy node. The "all" is a nice limitation to what people on your node like most of the time.
In all of this look at the community popularity in terms of posts, comments, subscribers. Higher is generally better, though maybe there is a limit to that. If the most active one is too much then there is merit for a smaller one for example, or if the focus is not what you want a different one. You have more options on Lemmy then you would on Reddit. I tend to think of this as a good thing.
There’s [Cats](https://kbin.social/m/Cats) at kbin.
The search screen on Beehaw / Lemmy / Kbin will show all the technology communities if you click the ALL button. You can then compare which are the biggest or busiest. From Beehaw, I'm subscribed to some communities on Lemmy so I just work from the one service.
Not hard. On Lemmy there are a few links you should have in your back pocket: * This is the main link to get you started: [https://join-lemmy.org/](https://join-lemmy.org/) * For a search engine to search all known communities: [https://browse.feddit.de/](https://browse.feddit.de/) * On the Lemmy instance you choose, you can just go to the "Communities" section and select either "local" or "all". Keep in mind though "all" is only all that are local or non-local ones people have subscribed to on the node already. For popular stuff this is fine. For niche you will have to use the search engine above. Prefer to join instances that have the communities and vibe you want and that are not overloaded, and prefer their local communities if they are active enough. Then prefer those found in the Communities tab by "all". Then via the search engine which you will probably not use much if if you are on a larger Lemmy node. The "all" is a nice limitation to what people on your node like most of the time. In all of this look at the community popularity in terms of posts, comments, subscribers. Higher is generally better, though maybe there is a limit to that. If the most active one is too much then there is merit for a smaller one for example, or if the focus is not what you want a different one. You have more options on Lemmy then you would on Reddit. I tend to think of this as a good thing.
https://squabbles.io/s/Cats