Reddit has subreddits. What does Lemmy go with?

My personal vote is for lemmings!

Edit: I am personally leaning towards Sublemmy now. It retains the context of being a forum under the general sphere of Lemmy and the connection to Reddit lets people know immediately what Lemmy is about. Thanks to @BurningnnTree@lemmy.one for the comment!

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        1 year ago

        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/
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      Yeah but that sounds kinda bland. A good community needs some lore to dig through to make it more interesting!

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        I suggest cliffs. Because lemmings jump down cliffs according to Disney. And it matches with /c/

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    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?

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    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.

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      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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    Lemmy says what they call them in the title bar, so they already have a name, communities. Seems projects tend to use their own nomenclature, Kbin calls them magazines.

    There’s no official term for Lemmy users. Lemmings would be appropriate, though not particularly flattering.

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    Is this a joke question? You used the term yourself: “Communities”.

    On kbin, they are called “magazines”.

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      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.

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        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.

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          No one will connect a generic term like community to Lemmy. This kinda hurts the awareness of it as a service people can use. Having something more catchy will at least get people asking.