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Can the term 'link aggregator' be changed to 'decentralized forum' (lemmy.ml)
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Or another term which is more descriptive. This is the first thing people see when they type in Lemmy

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[–] communism@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 days ago

Agree. "Link aggregator" is understood to mean "reddit-like" without having to refer to a specific link aggregator as a point of reference. "Forum" is a different though similar thing. And a lot of the lemmy communities I subscribe to are literally link aggregators like people link to articles, git repos, etc to draw people's attention to, although I can see the issue with it referring to text posts too.