On Reddit it’s call Subreddits, will it one day be called Sublemmies?

  • alokir@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Afaik “community” is the intended Lemmy term.

    If we want to mature and be our own thing it’s also a good idea to separate ourselves from Reddit, otherwise Lemmy will always be considered a “Reddit clone” (even though it technically started as one and still is).

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        1 year ago

        I was specifically referring to Lemmy, not the ActivityPub protocol in general.

        Lemmy is a Reddit clone the same way as PixelFed is an Instagram clone, Mastodon is a Twitter clone and PeerTube is a YouTube clone.

        I don’t use “clone” as a derogatory term, there’s nothing wrong with getting inspired by other sites and implementing something better.

        • tinwhiskers@kbin.social
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          1 year ago

          But why just specifically refer to lemmy when there’s so much more going on than just lemmy. Lemmings and sublemmies are going to put a lot of people off on account of them being so cutesy try-hard. Just go with communities so you’re not being divisive and exclusionary.