Football does indeed seem to have some active forums that appear to be what I sort of had in mind. Feel silly for not asking of a better example!

I think the claim that the internet is dead outside of that is not true. I just think that the way in which we discover things has changed so substantially that it seems that outside of the big players it is hard to find stuff.

For example if you google nostupidquestions forum this community does not come up. Even you search for nostupidquestions community it does not come up within the first 3 pages. Since searching is the gatekeeper for most discovery of new places on the internet we find new things less.

That’s just an example of why it is hard to find slightly nice things nowadays.

This is a nice resource to have for sure. It is a bit different than what I had in mind but with lemmy’s current size I think I will get some of what I am looking for.

Indeed, googling or searching has become worse and worse.

Your suggestion is a good one though! I will try it and see if that garners any results.