I thought lemmings was for lemmy users. My vote is "communities" ๐
this post was submitted on 20 Jun 2023
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Exactly.
Let's not overcomplicate this. People trying to come up with a name for something that already has one. Lol.
That's a very important point. Some of us probably still remember the learning curve when coming to lemmy. Everyone has heard how others complained about it, or would not join in the first place.
Creating ambiguous terms and multiple definitions for the same things is one unecessary way to make life harder for everyone.
More reasons:
- the documentation calls it community
- the unchangeable URL refers to it: /c/
I must leave my mark on history or the sands of time will forget me!
Yeah but that sounds kinda bland. A good community needs some lore to dig through to make it more interesting!
I suggest cliffs. Because lemmings jump down cliffs according to Disney. And it matches with /c/
Lemmings makes more sense to be the users
You know what? I didn't think about that!
I mean, a community is made up of its members, so it still seems to fit?
Users are called lemmings. Communities are called communities on lemmy and magazines on kbin. Communities makes more sense to me.
I thought the users of Lemmy were called "Lemons" and the communities themselves were referred to as "Lemon Parties"
Isn't everyone using these terms?
Showing your age there.
I'm not sure. Let me Google that real quick to see.
Just watch out for those Lemon Stealing Whores.
Sublemmy. I know it's uninspired, but we might as well use terminology that people are familiar with. "Community" sounds too vague IMO, it's better to choose a made up word that doesn't have a specific dictionary definition.
Reddit no longer refers to subreddits as subreddits officially, so I say it's free for the taking.
Wait really? What are they called?
This one has my vote
You make a good point.
And yeah, the entire reason I posted this is because communities is just generic. Having a name people connect to the service is good for awareness.
They are called communities!
I think lemmings have their homes under ground, so maybe "Burrows"
I actually thought we Lemmy users were lemmings!
Yeah, I seem to have missed that memo lol
Is this a joke question? You used the term yourself: "Communities".
On kbin, they are called "magazines".
Still looking for an elegant way to refer to both. Comagz? Magnities?
To me, that seems a little too generic. Everyone knows that you're talking about reddit when you reference a subreddit. I want something that has that immediate recall factor.
Did anyone have troubles to recall or to understand "community"? It's a quite self-explanatory term, because it is generic.
Also, please consider:
- the documentation calls it community
- the unchangeable URL refers to it: /c/
For many, lemmy is already complex and hard to understand. I'm worried things like these (if adopted) would make it even less accessible.
Just community
Officially they're called communities, the issue with that is that when you're trying to mention them in conversation with someone outside of Lemmy, you often have to use the longer "Lemmy Community." Not the end of the world, but something quicker and more distinct might be better.
Commies ๐
Commies full of Leminists!
Some called it "sub" or "subs" for short on reddit. Why not just keep the same one without the "reddit" word. Lemmy sub -> sub. No need to invent some random words for every instance.
That works okay as a shortcut since many are used to the term already, plus to get a regular feed you have to subscribe. Like any language, what gets used the most after a while will become the normal term.
I think lemmings have their homes under ground, so maybe "Burrows"
Magazines! quickly runs away
I can see why people would hate it. But I actually love magazines. Though "bins" for kbin makes a lot of sense too.
the great thing is that magazines doesn't have to be specifically for kbin, making it great to use on lemmy too ;)
Oh I would much prefer bins over magazine. That is a great idea.
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