Very difficult to discuss with the fiance without know the terminology yet lol
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They’re communities. And the different servers/sites are instances.
Petition to name them SubLemmys
I like communities, honestly, it sounds much less… y’know, reddity?
And also, it’s much more intuitive.
Instances also need better names.
Why not “servers”? That’s all they are. They serve content.
Because technically, one server can host multiple instances. Instances are containerized— literally an instance of lemmy.
Lemmunities (I pulled it out of my ass, take it or leave it)
I’ve seen “communities,” and my personal conceit is that “like” communities (communities with the same, similar, or synergistic subject matter) are “cohorts” so you don’t have to type “multi-communities”
can we call them
commies?no
oof, id rather call them “comms” or just “cs”(cees)
i come from a country where
commieis never used as a slur, but by the number of replies that i have received that are mildly horrified, i guess that i may need to think of a different name!
The “commies” like the comunists? I suppose that does not work
The official term is “community” as noted in one of the earlier github commits:
https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/commit/b0a6fefcf9dc861ae0b4757154050ec3f14ac14f
You can see a full discussion of the issue below:
I like communities. I believe that’s the the /c/ stands for
Might as well keep it simple and call it what it is without the branding. There is plenty about a site like reddit that we should carry forward, but plenty were should leave behind, and redundant jargon is the latter.
This is all very confusing to me
Instance (e.g. lemmy.ml): like an email provider. You pick an instance but can talk to anyone since its the same infrastructure. I’m on the ‘lemmy.ml’ instance, you’re on ‘kbin.social’, and OP is from ‘reddthat.com’, but we’re all experiencing the same thing just like email.
Community (e.g. /c/linux): subreddit equivalent.
That’s pretty much it for the basics.
ah Nice! that’s a pretty clear explanation, thanks 👍
I think part of why it’s confusing is that we don’t have defined names for these things. This is so early in a social media “product” life that there isn’t a common understanding. You’re now part of making those names. It’s a bit exciting but mostly confusing while everyone uses their own terms to mean the same fundamental things. Embrace the chaos!
part of why it’s confusing is that we don’t have defined names for these things.
But we do: Communities.
You find that term in the UI, in user documentation, and the /c/ part of the URL also refers to that.
Calling it anything else, especially unrelated to /c/, will only make it harder and more confusing for new people to join.
Communities
Sublemmies?
I like the idea to put lemmie in every word it is like with batman. Users should be called Lemmiathans.
I think it’d be more fun to just call us Lemurs
Lemmings.
@falcoignis On KBin, they’re called “Magazines”. Not quite sure if I like it. lol.
Idea for next social media platform: call them circles.
One more: exactly like lemmy but call them rooms.
Another: exactly like every other one but call them… groups (ups, you might have to fight google though - “groups” might be trademarked!)
Sorry for the sarcasm, but shouldn’t this be set in the spec for the fediverse protocol already?
One more: exactly like lemmy but call them rooms.
sounds like matrix
Sub-Lemminal messages?
just call them communities (I also sometimes just call them topics because that’s how they’re called in my reddit clone pet project)
Call it sublemmy. I don’t call it that though
Communities. It is an established name.
- The documentation uses it: https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/users/01-getting-started.html
- The browser interface uses it (see top left, see in dropdown menus)
- The unchangeable URL structure uses it (we are in /c/linux@lemmy.ml)
Lemmy is difficult enough to learn for newcomers. Please don’t make it harder for them to join. Don’t force them to learn two terms where one suffices.
I’ll just call them sublemmys
Technically communities but I prefer the term sublemmy
Lemmings!!!
But aren’t WE the lemmings?
