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Very difficult to discuss with the fiance without know the terminology yet lol

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[–] Yadaran@feddit.de 46 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'll just call them sublemmys

[–] Senseibull@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

Lol I quite like it, at one point reddit was a foreign weird sounding word

[–] Knoll0114@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Way more fun than communities! Plus it speaks to the Reddit exodus in a bit of a tongue in cheek way.

[–] Seraph089@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a nice lighthearted nod to the exodus, and also a nod to the subforums that came before Reddit. Communities may be the "official" name and I try to use it when talking to others, but they'll always be sublemmys in my head.

[–] JohannesOliver@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I think using Communities is respectful to the people that were already doing community on Lemmy before the exodus.

[–] KSposh@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I think this is the clear winner

[–] Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Its prefect, I think the "trade name" for that is "sub" anyways and that's what they will be called no matter what they are suposed to be called.