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If there is a growing community that should be in this list, please comment it below.
If you think a category should / should not be in this list, let us know. There are so many amazing communities, but we also don't want this list to feel overwhelming.
!CanadianSkincare@lemmy.ca is another community that is becoming more active
Thanks! I've added it to both lists under '💵 Finance, Shopping, Sales'
I tried to start a community called Assorted Crafts, but for some reason the url shows up with my user name instead of the community name.
How can I fix it? Do I need to blow it away and start again?
Ah, I can see how the 'name' field can be misinterpreted. That was supposed to be the short name of the community, and it will appear in the URL. Unfortunately, that field can't be changed after the community as been created. Even if we mess with the database on lemmy.ca, it might show up incorrectly elsewhere.
Since the community is just starting out, the easiest would be to make a new one with the name that you want.
There are also a few other communities that you might enjoy:
It's totally up to you if you want to post in those or if you want to build your own community. If you want to build your own, you can also cross post to / from these communities to help it grow.
Thanks, I guess I'll try again.
!nanaimo@lemmy.ca is another city community.
There's a French Canadian community as well:
Thanks! Added it to the social/culture section
Oh there's also /c/QuebecLibre which is NOT about Québec separatism, but about free (as in LIBRE) open source software in Québec.
Added as well!
I added both to the 🍁 Social / Culture section, and I listed this one as Logiciels libres au Québec
Hahaha that's perfect
There are two communities I would really like to see some traffic driven to:
!maplemusic@lemmy.ca - Celebrating Canadian music
!givergaming@lemmy.ca - Celebrating Canadian games, gamedevs and studios
I think these would be an easy add to the Canadian Social / Culture section.
Thanks! I've added them to the post and sidebar
MapleMusic has a recent post on !communitypromo@lemmy.ca, but !givergaming@lemmy.ca could doesn't so it could be good to post about it. Thanks for sharing them!
The owner of those two communities deleted his account. They passed moderation of maplemusic to me and one other person, but givergaming got deleted with their account.
I've created !canadiangaming@lemmy.ca to refill the void. Out of the two, a canadian gaming community was the one I was hoping to take off the most since I'm more of a gamer person than a music person. I've got some plans for fostering a community on there. I'll post about it in !communitypromo once I've got it set up a bit nicer, it is sorta barebones at the moment.
Strange how I didn't want to mod any communities on here but ended up moderating 3!
Hey, I added Burnaby, Anmore, Squamish, Whistler, Niagara Falls and Niagara on the Lake.
https://lemmy.ca/c/NiagaraFalls
https://lemmy.ca/c/NiagaraOnTheLake
Will moderate them, but looking for new mods who might live in these areas. I've lived either in or near them. And still visit.
Thanks, I've added them all
If you want an example of a call for mods, here's one I posted from a while back: https://lemmy.ca/post/31769390
I love the photos you chose for each community. Looking forward to seeing them grow!
Hey Otter, is the admin DM checked here? I sent a DM to there asking about taking over a specific community here that has an inactive mod and also inviting users from various Canadian Reddit subs to use this Lemmy, but it's been like 2 or so weeks and no reply. No rush, or being pushy for a yes or anything, just want to know if it's been received.
Hi Slyke,
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you! The team has been extra busy these past few days. We did receive the message and we should have acknowledged it sooner.
Someone should hopefully review is soon and get back to you!
All good, thanks for letting me know!
!greater_sudbury@lemmy.ca is actually the 2nd or 3rd oldest city-based community on lemmy.ca . It's not very active, but should definitely be added to this list.
Also, !canadasoccer@lemmy.ca would be a good community to add to the soccer category.
For team-specific Canadian-based soccer teams, there's !torontofc@lemmy.ca of the MLS (US-league with 3 Canadian-based teams). Other MLS sides include Vancouver Whitecaps and CF Montreal, which I don't think have a community created.
None of the 8 Canadian Premier League teams, nor any of the numerous League1 Canada sides have taken steps to establish their communities yet (as far as I know).
Hello!
I have made the 2 political communities: Animal Protection Party of Canada and BC Greens for environmentalists and vegans to discuss important issues on the fediverse as I would like to encourage more growth on community owned social media ran by everyday canadians and to avoid the conflicts that may arise with corporate owned social media namely Facebook and Twitter interfering with campaigning that goes against their commercial interests.
May I request that !appc and !bcgreens be listed under !ndp under the politics section.
Please and Thank you <3