This is the announcement of the Threadiverse Vibrancy Challenge!

The Challenge - From September 1 to 30, 2026, complete each one of the categories below with a unique post or comment:

1. (Freebie) Make a shitpost.
2. Make a post about something other than technology or politics or a shitpost.
3. Make a post showcasing a thing or topic you find interesting.
4. Make a post to a community with fewer than 100 subscribers.
5. Make a post to a community in a small instance.
6. Make a post featuring a human-made piece of art.
7. Make an on-topic comment to a post in a small community.
8. Make a comment or post sharing news about a location relevant to you.
9. Make a high-quality long form text post or comment.
10. Post or comment a link from another part of the Fediverse.

I came up with this to encourage a greater variety of posts and comments to niche communities, with the support from people who usually just comment occasionally and lurk.

Participants will evaluate their own progress. If you get a score of 10/10, you will win a virtual Lemmy Gold Star, and hopefully everybody will win a noticeably more active Threadiverse in the smaller communities!

Remember to be respectful and follow rules of the instances and communities you post to.

Feel free to share this with your own instance. I will try to post a mid-challenge follow-up in 3 weeks and a concluding ceremony in October in !fediverse@lemmy.world. Good luck!

virtual Lemmy Gold Star

Wait, a REAL virtual Lemmy Gold Star? Holy shit

Damn man, didn’t know I could get a whole virtual star. Do I get to pick the galaxy it’s in or is it assigned at random?

Challenge accepted!

Make a post to a community with fewer than 100 subscribers.

Make a post featuring a human-made piece of art.

Might I suggest you post in my communities?

!artporn@piefed.social

!raygungothic@piefed.social

Please and thank you.

Great idea, @rentlar@lemmy.ca !

Commenting to keep track of my progress:

• (Freebie) Make a shitpost.
• Make a post about something other than technology or politics or a shitpost.
• Make a post showcasing a thing or topic you find interesting.
• Make a post to a community with fewer than 100 subscribers.
• Make a post to a community in a small instance.
• Make a post featuring a human-made piece of art.
• Make an on-topic comment to a post in a small community.
• Make a comment or post sharing news about a location relevant to you.
• Make a high-quality long form text post or comment.
• Post or comment a link from another part of the Fediverse.

Cool idea!

!fedigrow@lemmy.zip for people looking for small communities

Count me in!

Some communities with less than 100 subscribers:

!shitty_art_share@piefed.social (post your "human-made art" here!)

!european@piefed.social

!pies@piefed.social

!piecharts@piefed.social

!pagan@piefed.social

!unixart@piefed.social

!doors@piefed.social

FYI, there is also !artporn@sfw.community. It would be amazing if we could separate potentially popular communities from the instances running them. I could make you a moderator there and join forces in promoting it.

I’m going to say you are me and take that virtual gold star. That star is mine.

Wait and see me just procrastinate this and having no progress at all

Same!

1. (Freebie) Make a shitpost. - Done
2. Make a post about something other than technology or politics or a shitpost.
3. Make a post showcasing a thing or topic you find interesting.
4. Make a post to a community with fewer than 100 subscribers.
5. Make a post to a community in a small instance.
6. Make a post featuring a human-made piece of art.
   7, Make an on-topic comment to a post in a small community.
   8, Make a comment or post sharing news about a location relevant to you.
7. Make a high-quality long form text post or comment.
8. Post or comment a link from another part of the Fediverse.

!whistling@piefed.social
I got a whistling comm, you don't have to be any good to post, just have fun.

for 6, i would love to encourage people to post something they made themselves, no matter what you may think of your skill level!

some comms that might suit for this (but of course browse around for others too!):

• !artshare@lemmy.world
• !inktober@sh.itjust.works
• !art_alchemist_guild@lemmy.today
• !imadethis@lemmy.zip
• !shitty_art_share@piefed.social (not a judgment on anyone here! i post there myself too :bc_smilomsweat:)

What are your favorite small communities?

Smallish and only occasionally active:

• !hopeposting@lemmy.world
• !boardgames@sopuli.xyz
• !betterment@beehaw.org
• !corvids@lemmy.world

Very Small (~100 subscribers):
!trainscanada@lemmy.ca
!chatter@lemmy.ca - one of the comms basically only I've posted to in the last 3 years

I'm not entirely certain. What I have tried is ordering custom massive hot balls of plasma in space for everyone, but I've learned the waitlist is a few billion years long.

Does Lemmy have a remindme bot like Reddit? I’ll set a reminder for the grand kids to pick it up for me

You can ask the account @remindme@mstdn.social. not sure if it can handle a Linux epoch time that far out in the future.

Just take it slow, there is 30 day left ;)

Some communities focusing on doing things with your hands and some other hobbies

• !leathercraft@lemmy.ca
• !woodworking@lemmy.ca
• !edc@sopuli.xyz
• !cooking@lemmy.world
• !kombucha@sh.itjust.works
• !gardening@lemmy.world
• !origami@feddit.org
• !watercolor@lemmy.ml
• !fermentation@mander.xyz
• !soapmaking@sh.itjust.works
• !fountainpens@lemmy.world
• !tea_and_study@lemmy.world
• !pen_and_paper@lemmy.world
• !stationery@lemmy.world

Can I track my progress by making this comment here and editing it as I go?
Edit: Thanks! Here it is:

1. https://piefed.social/c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world/p/2341945/a-potential-gender-neutral-alternative-to-ai-bros-p

2. https://piefed.social/c/ask@piefed.social/p/2349483/when-was-the-last-time-you-climbed-up-a-tree

4. https://piefed.social/c/takeyourtimeback@piefed.social/p/2352754/if-you-are-not-paying-for-the-product-you-are-the-product-being-sold-why-i-paid-for-goo

5. https://piefed.social/c/memes@sopuli.xyz/p/2358993/i-slander-java-too-lmao-i-m-sure-java-devs-have-the-last-laugh-when-their-paychecks-com

7. https://piefed.social/post/2225759#comment_12750129

8. https://piefed.social/c/europe@piefed.social/p/2357516/croatia-toxic-waste-protest-draws-tens-of-thousands

10. this very comment, technically :P

For sure. There's no specific way you have to track your progress for it to count.

Thank you!

I like the idea and I'm generally happy to help but it doesn't look like anyone has posted in there in quite some time. There are a number of other art communities around Lemmy and Piefed now too so I think it will be good if we can just keep all those going like they are.

For instance: https://piefed.social/topic/arts-craft/arts

Thanks!

This is pretty fun. Sometimes you just need a little artificial carrot in front of you.

My curent progress: 4/10

1. (Freebie) Make a shitpost. - Done
2. Make a post about something other than technology or politics or a shitpost. Done
3. Make a post showcasing a thing or topic you find interesting.
4. Make a post to a community with fewer than 100 subscribers.
5. Make a post to a community in a small instance.
6. Make a post featuring a human-made piece of art.
7. Make an on-topic comment to a post in a small community. Done
8. Make a comment or post sharing news about a location relevant to you.
9. Make a high-quality long form text post or comment. Done
10. Post or comment a link from another part of the Fediverse.

My checklist, please ignore:

• __ (Freebie) Make a shitpost.
• __ Make a post about something other than technology or politics or a shitpost.
• __ Make a post showcasing a thing or topic you find interesting.
• __ Make a post to a community with fewer than 100 subscribers.
• ✅ Make a post to a community in a small instance.
• ✅ Make a post featuring a human-made piece of art.
• ✅ Make an on-topic comment to a post in a small community.
• __ Make a comment or post sharing news about a location relevant to you.
• __ Make a high-quality long form text post or comment.
• ✅ Post or comment a link from another part of the Fediverse.

🔧 disco's tracking post where i do not think i will get them all but let's try 🔧

progress: 5/10

1. (Freebie) Make a shitpost. 1, 2, 3
2. Make a post about something other than technology or politics or a shitpost. 1
3. Make a post showcasing a thing or topic you find interesting.
4. Make a post to a community with fewer than 100 subscribers. 1
5. Make a post to a community in a small instance. 1 (our instance is p small i think?)
6. Make a post featuring a human-made piece of art. 1
7. Make an on-topic comment to a post in a small community.
8. Make a comment or post sharing news about a location relevant to you.
9. Make a high-quality long form text post or comment.
10. Post or comment a link from another part of the Fediverse.

I refuse to ignore you! You're doing great, keep it up!

the vocal synth/vocaloid community needs more love!

art, shitposting, music

https://ani.social/c/vocaloid

https://lemmy.world/c/hatsunemiku

https://ani.social/c/kasaneteto

i would love to see more people sharing music they like, or better yet, that they made.

(my own community) news & discussion, technical

https://piefed.social/c/vocal_synths

i think i'm going to start sharing vocadb weekly winners to keep the community alive. i've also, admittedly, slacked on posting, and mostly just reposted from vocaverse.network. i made this community for people who use the software to share news, personal projects, or ask for technical help. y'kno, a little more involved than just sharing stuff other people do.

1. ⬜(Freebie) Make a shitpost.
   ✅Make a post about something other than technology or politics or a shitpost.
   ✅Make a post showcasing a thing or topic you find interesting.
   ⬜Make a post to a community with fewer than 100 subscribers.
   ⬜Make a post to a community in a small instance.
   Make a post featuring a human-made piece of art.
   ⬜Make an on-topic comment to a post in a small community.
   ⬜Make a comment or post sharing news about a location relevant to you.
   ⬜Make a high-quality long form text post or comment.
   ⬜Post or comment a link from another part of the Fediverse.

I did not do too well but i will defo be joining in better next time.