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It is not Lemmy or kbin, it is the fediverse. (kbin.social)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Cat@kbin.social to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social
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I don't think many people understand that if they use Lemmy or kbin, they are posting to the fediverse. There are other platforms and will be more to come. Referring to a post on "Lemmy" or "kbin" is like saying you saw a post on your Windows or Mac computer.

We should be referring to it as...

  • I saw it on the fediverse.
  • Hey fediverse users ...
  • A thread on the fediverse...

New terms may emerge but referring to the platform seems weird, almost ignorant.

edit: A better example is email. You wouldn't assume everyone is on Hotmail because that is the email provider you use. You say I'm sendingan eamail, not I'm sending a Hotmail.

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[-] HipPriest@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Referring to a post on "Lemmy" or "kbin" is like saying you saw a post on your Windows or Mac computer.

That's not how language works. Language evolves naturally and in this scenario people would instantly know that the user had seen something on a fediverse platform without having to use another awful '-verse' word.

Likewise you can't police how people use language. People use whatever makes understanding for both sides easiest on both sides

If someone logs into a website called Kbin and sees something interesting, it's fair to say 'I saw something interesting on Kbin' without having to give unnecessary explanations about what the fediverse is.

And once again, no one likes the word fediverse...

[-] Entropywins@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Tell my old English teacher you can't police the way people use language...

[-] Madison_rogue@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Mine as well, yet she'd then recite the first few verses of The Canterbury Tales in Old-English; pretty much proving that you can't police the way people use language.

[-] bvanevery@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

And you can't language the way people use police either!

[-] bvanevery@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

without having to use another awful '-verse' word.

They will stop using prefixes. They will just say verse.

[-] darcy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

based antiprescriptivism

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