Anything revolving around collecting more obscure items. I was pretty invested in pens and mechanical pencils on Reddit…even though I don’t collect either. There was just something super satisfying about seeing all different types of pens / pencils and learning about them.
Also miss having a trumpet community! Hopefully one will eventually spring up and become active!
Originally started out on Beehaw due to the name. I like bees. I like cowboys. Win-win. Then they defederated from the two biggest instances, and I lost out on a lot of great communities.
Ended up switching to Reddthat since the name / URL was easy for my ADHD brain to remember and didn’t require typing a novel to join.
Tasting History: Historical recipes re-created and the history behind them.
Accented Cinema: Video essays covering foreign (mainly Asian) films and actors.
ComicTropes: History of certain comic book runs, spin-offs, writers, artists, and tropes.
Game Sack: Deep dives into classic video game consoles and games.
Ordinary Sausage: A guy who makes sausage out of anything and everything.
Tried to hit multiple interests with this list. There’s so many smaller creators I’d love to recommend, but they all revolve around more specific topics / hobbies / interests.
I use Thunder for the exact same reasons. I’m personally not a big fan of the Apollo look. Just doesn’t do it for me. Thunder has also been the most stable for me as well.