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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This post is 2 years old, but I just wanted to point out how funny it is to call lemmy users lemmings.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/lemming#

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It was the same basic self-deprecating joke with reddit, just more explicit with the name on lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is the only answer

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Given the existence of kbin and potentially others, we shouldn't be named something specific to lemmy.

We are obviously all feds

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

“The feds” don’t have the best connotation…

Also in practice the sentences come out a bit unclear to me. “The fed that posted this clearly knew their stuff.” “Some feds just like to stir things up.”

Edit: that said, I think that’s a really good point about the need for a platform neutral term.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Riffing off of another comment, I think it’s ok to have terms specific to each platform, and then a term for all platforms.

Platform specific:

  • Lemming
  • Kbiner
  • Mastadoner

Overall:

  • Fediverser
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, for Mastodon it's gotta be "Mastodonians"

Kbingers

Feds (as in "Everyone here is secretly a cop") or Fedizens

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mastodonians, Kbingers, and Fedizens are all superb. I’m not a fan of “feds” because it has another pretty common usage. I feel like whatever term is chosen should unambiguously evoke the fediverse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The "fed" nickname was a bit facetious for exactly that reason. I just think it'd be funny for everyone to start calling eachother narcs. The internet is already full of that kind of fedjacketing, so why not embrace it?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Depends a little on what instance you're from. For example people from the one I'm on are sh.itheads. Besides that I've heard lemmings for lemmy and fedizens for the greater fediverse a lot. I've also heard karabiner for kbin users.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 years ago

Lemmygrads... oh wait.