On Reddit it’s call Subreddits, will it one day be called Sublemmies?
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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).
communities sound better
and their name doesnt need to be explained
I like communities. Fits in with the URL too since it’s /c/
It’s almost like the /c/ stands for communities just like /m/ stands for magazines on kbin. What a coinkydink.
When you call it what it is, a community (straight from the documentation), you dont ever have to explain what that means. When you call it a “sublemmy”, that means nothing to anyone, and you have to explain it every time . I know which I prefer.
Actually, on reddit they’re reddits, which you can tell from the /r/ subdirectory in the corresponding URL.
Just community, no need for corny names
Honestly even on reddit, id call them forums to non reddit users. Subreddits was awkward to use in IRL conversation.
Same, I’d call it a forum to keep clarity outside of the community.
Even back on Reddit I tended to call them groups, communities, fora, etc. Sublemmy is a cute word but I’d hate to have to say it to a nonline person, and I feel like it gives Reddit too much sway if we just migrate all the terms to this new space
Nonline person, never heard that before. I like it.
Rather than juggle so many terms, I’ve started headcanon-ing communities and magazines as generic “subs.”
well internally (in the context of activitypub) they are called “groups” 🤓
I would probably call them ‘boards’. Communities is too long of a word imo and it makes it sound like the people subscribed all have some kind of shared culture or relationship. That definitely happens in some cases (there are subreddits which have built a community around them) but it’s not universal.
I’m on kbin and they are called magazines, but I think communities are a better catch all. Everyone knows what you mean by that
Magazines is an absolutely terrible name. It makes zero sense
What is wrong with using communities? By the way, in kbin they are called magazines.
personally i like the fact that referencing a “subreddit” points to the fact that you are talking about a community that is on reddit, as opposed to the wider community around a topic. for example, if you say “i frequent the futurama community”, people will still not be sure what community you are actually talking about.
i think lemmy should have a unique name system for its communities.
I hope not. The designers chose a name and we should stick with it. Reddit has subreddits, Lemmy has communities, kbin has magazines, usenet has groups, forums have (sub) forums. It’s all good; forced simplification isn’t necessary.
