One thing I think Lemmy could use more of is recurring community events. We have great discussions, but there aren't many activities that bring people together over several days or weeks.

A few ideas I've been thinking about:

A live, expanding username crossword where people volunteer their usernames and each new one has to connect to the existing puzzle. Community scavenger hunts. Weekly trivia challenges. Screenshot or photography contests. Geography and history guessing games. Seasonal community events that become traditions.

These don't necessarily need to be built into Lemmy itself. They could simply be community-run events that moderators host on a regular basis.

One thing I like about the username crossword idea is that it becomes a living record of the people who participated. As more users join, the puzzle grows into one large connected community creation.

Stuff like that... I'm curious what others think.

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[–] Prathas@lemmy.zip 1 points 7 hours ago

I'm pretty sure they were being sarcastic. On a serious note, what this place needs more is activity in niche communities, like !syncthing@programming.dev and so on. I personally don't believe that system-wide events like what you propose are a major contributor to such growth, but I could be wrong.