A group of lemmings is called a "slice".
If we're not going for community I'd vote for this.
this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2023
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I like slice! A slice of life... A slice of the lemmingverse π
I like it.
Sublems?
Slice!
Community is fine, please, no cutesy nicknames.
I like slice.
Lem
plural: Lems
Honestly, I think the answer is obvious β¦ same as it was before β¦ βSubβ.
Especially as kbin uses βmagazineβ for its communities, which means we need a short hand that is not specific. βSubβ captures the idea perfectly well and obviously carries over the Reddit analogy.
My vote would be keep βCommunityβ as the long form name, as itβs a good description of what it is and for. Then short form βsubβ because in essence itβs a subset of the total community.
Sublemmies :)
A sublemmy?
Haha, Lemmunity was my first thought.
(also, my first comment here!)
Good question. Similarly I was talking with someone the other day about what a user should be called (Lemming?) and what the act of using Lemmy might be called (also lemming!)
I like Lemmunity :-)
I upvote "sublems" or "sublemmies".
Lemmings... Yup. I like that.
Lemmings should refer to the users
Agreed.
Hexbear uses "comm"
If Subreddit -> Sub...
Then Community -> Commune ?
Seems apt given the developer's political leanings. But it wouldn't be as inviting to neutral users, so 'sub' seems to be fine to me.
Why not just community? It's already called a community everywhere on the instances and its /c/ in the url. Imo it should start with a C no matter what
People always referred to subreddits as a sub or community anyway. Easy.
Ok, so cum for short then?
cunts
Community => Cums
But subreddits are called Subreddits and have the format /r/subreddit_name.
Also, community is in my opinion
- too long to type out for something we will be using very often
- the word already has a meaning
It might be better to simply use another dedicated word
I understand, but theyre called subreddits by reddit. Lemmy calls them communities all over the instances. If the users suddenly start calling them something else it would get confusing
Definitely should be community. And I was hoping we could all leave the 3rd grade humor behind on reddit
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I kind of wish the term from Kbin would catch on, Magazines.
Commy
(Yea, this isn't going to go well with the ~~Ammys~~ Americans)
I kinda like βLemonβ.
I personally use "com" and hope it catches on.
I use comm. I feel like the extra M adds specificity but idk.
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Summy?
Lemco
I liked your wifes suggestion of Sublemmit, but I would compact it more and perhaps call it a Sublem? Much quicker to type out.
Mlems
...No, hear me out. If we're lemmings, therefore lems, a community is many lems. So mlems. Also it's catchy.
Edit: Well fuck. Obviously not an ios user -.-
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Baby rodents are called a pup, can we call it a pup please?
Sublemmy? Sublem?
lemon
Lemurs? Lemmings?
Personally I prefer Community, it is nicely neutral and conveys the correct message I think. If people think that's too broad, then "sub" is a solid short option.
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