Is there a community on Lemmy for discussing Cancon? (Canadian-made content like books, games, etc.)

5 months ago by Hummingbird to c/askacanadian

I was thinking recently that while I shifted my buying habits pretty drastically for things like groceries (to buy local and Canadian if possible), I kept the same habits for books, video games, etc.

Is there somewhere here that would be good for posting things like discussions about Canadian-made art/lit/games? Not so much in a 'buy Canadian' sense as in a 'Talk about Canadian-made culture' kinda way.

If there isn't something like this already I could create a community, though hopefully I wouldn't end up the only person posting there... If I did make one I was thinking it could be for both recent things and nostalgic/retro Cancon. (Growing up, there were cool things like Reboot or 3D animated shorts on YTV that were Canadian.)

avidamoeba 8 points 5 months ago

If you don't find one, make one.

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Hummingbird 7 points 5 months ago

I didn't want to create something redundant if it did exist, but I don't see anything. I'll put some thought into what form it could take and what sorts of things would be reasonable to include.

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brianpeiris 5 points 5 months ago

Would definitely be interested in a community like this.

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lemmyng 5 points 5 months ago

Doesn't cover the full gamut, but there's maplemusic@piefed.ca .

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Rentlar 4 points 5 months ago

If you don't want to start your own community, I would say split it between buyCanadian for stuff you can buy today, retroTechnology and nostalgia to discuss and feature retro Canadian stuff, MapleMusic for music and EhVideos for films old shows or commercials etc.

Then outside of lemmy.ca promote Cancon to comics, art share since those are reasonably popular on Fedi. Then feel free to crosspost to !canada@lemmy.ca because all the Canadian folks here on Lemmy and Piefed tend to visit there.

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Hummingbird 3 points 5 months ago

I thought about posting on BuyCanadian but I was worried they would find it off-topic as that place is more focused on products. (e.g. Not so a place for talking about a Canadian book you read recently.)

That's a good point about splitting it up between the different locations. EhVideos seems like it has the shows/movies/old commercials covered. MapleMusic would work if I wanted to talk about Unleash the Archers or something like that.

I'm not necessarily opposed to creating one, though.

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breadsmasher -16 points 5 months ago

what has canada made that’s worth posting about?

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TachyonTele -5 points 5 months ago

Nothing. The entire country has had zero culture for two centuries...

Edit. Canadians don't understand sarcasm now? Come on

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