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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by ytg@feddit.ch to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
 

Many Lemmy instances have "feddit" in their name. Is that just "federated reddit" or am I missing something?

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 61 points 9 months ago

Yeah, you answered yourself there. "Federated Reddit"

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 25 points 9 months ago

Pretty sure it was just meant as a tongue-in-cheek reference to reddit.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yup! It's just a joke referencing reddit, that's all there is to it as far as I know.

[–] Glitchington@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

I've always read it as a mix of "Federated Reddit" and "Fed up with Reddit".

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

They are run by the feds. Duh.

[–] RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

Is that why it's called "FEDiverse"?