During Reddit's APIcalypse, people made a bunch of Sports related communities to try and mirror Reddit's experience, but we simply don't have the user base here to support team-focused communities, so most of them just sit there. People ran game-day bots for a while, but then realized the poor bot was only talking to itself, and turned them all off.
Fanaticus.social is trying to be what you want, so I would look there.
Some of the communities are quiet, but you'll find that people engage with your posts when you make them. Especially if there are a good number of subscribers for them
Finally, if you're in contact with the mods on Reddit for a particular team, see if they'd be interested in having the Lemmy community be the official off-site space for the subreddit. People that want to talk about the team without ads/tracking/annoying UI can come here for it
You're either a fan of the blue jays, or you just found the video of the time Randy Johnson made a bird explode with his pitching. And I'm not sure which. I don't speak hieroglyphs.
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ptz@dubvee.org · 9 pts · 2y
Not a sports guy, but you might check out https://fanaticus.social/communities since that's the instance's primary topic.
Zeratul@lemmus.org · 3 pts · 2y
This was really helpful. Hoping to be part of a new wave of sports users.
dhork@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
During Reddit's APIcalypse, people made a bunch of Sports related communities to try and mirror Reddit's experience, but we simply don't have the user base here to support team-focused communities, so most of them just sit there. People ran game-day bots for a while, but then realized the poor bot was only talking to itself, and turned them all off.
Fanaticus.social is trying to be what you want, so I would look there.
Zeratul@lemmus.org · 4 pts · 2y
Lol, poor bot. Who should I talk to about booting them back up again, at least for orioles games?
dhork@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Try whoever is the moderator at !orioles@fanaticus.social
otter@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y
We have a few (Canadian) ones listed in the sidebar or !canada@lemmy.ca
The list never got completed however. I'll check back on this post later maybe
Zeratul@lemmus.org · 3 pts · 2y
Thanks. I'm trying to get my brother over to lemmy. First thing he asked was, how's the sports comms?
otter@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y
Great to hear!
Some of the communities are quiet, but you'll find that people engage with your posts when you make them. Especially if there are a good number of subscribers for them
You can also post on !communitypromo@lemmy.ca or !newcommunities@lemmy.world if you're reviving one, so that others can see
Finally, if you're in contact with the mods on Reddit for a particular team, see if they'd be interested in having the Lemmy community be the official off-site space for the subreddit. People that want to talk about the team without ads/tracking/annoying UI can come here for it
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Lemmy hates sports. I don't know why. Maybe they're all scared that the CLEVELAND GUARDIANS ARE TAKING THE MLB BY STORM!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
No. I haven't been drinking. Why do you ask?
Zeratul@lemmus.org · 1 pts · 2y
😂 ⚾ 🐦
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
You're either a fan of the blue jays, or you just found the video of the time Randy Johnson made a bird explode with his pitching. And I'm not sure which. I don't speak hieroglyphs.
Zeratul@lemmus.org · 1 pts · 2y
I was laughing at your comment, showing a love of baseball, and poorly trying to show I'm a birds fan