Hexbear.net is pretty chill most of the time! The News megathread is always more sobering, but the culture is goofy and fun.
this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2026
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I think the ADHD meme instance is pretty chill.
I also like the Danish feddit, but we all speak Danish, so eh. But that is probably the most wholesome place in this whole lemmy/feddit thing.
Maybe the dad joke group too, but that's not really a place for chatting xD more like a place you go to punish yourself ๐
In the grim darkness of the fediverse, there is only war.
Cats
lots of owl posts too, superbowl. A few dog ones, not many. I wish there were more nature groups.
!upliftingnews@lemmy.world
I just found !animals@lemmy.world recently and Iโve been enjoying it a lot so far
Glad you're enjoying it! Johnny Enzyme and I are trying to revive it.
It gives me a place to share great non-owl stuff I come across.
A lot of the photography communities, like !entomology@mander.xyz, !crows@lemmy.ml, !birding@lemmy.world are great
!mealtimevideos@lemmy.cafe, !pixelart@retrolemmy.com and !solarpunk@slrpnk.net (and the other solarpunk related comms) are quite chill :)
Many apps have an option to filter on keywords for things you don't want in your feed. It is quite effective. It's a good start.
The nsfw communities are pretty happy with what's going on there
Aww
What many people perceive as negativity is cognitive dissonance related to their own standpoint on an issue. It can be quite relaxing to get the truth up front and save yourself a few hours. I'd say this site is already good, just needs more people to flesh it out still. ;)