Lemmings, I think. The self-deprecating-self-monikers seem to be most successful. IMO
Yup, and besides it's part of the namesake from the code: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy#whys-it-called-lemmy
All of the more fediverse-focused ones (fedditors, fedinauts, feddies, fedizens, etc) are definitely better. Lemmy is bigger than just Lemmy: we have users from Mastodon, Kbin and more seeing and replying to our posts. Let's choose a name that reflects that :)
Also, just to prove a point, if you're here from anywhere not Lemmy, say hello!
I am old. I liked Netizens and Netiquette.
I guess I will take a break and start a flamewar on Usenet. Now where is my robe and wizard hat?
Sorry to sound like a noob, but I still don't understand how people from other places can respond. How does that work?
All good, same boat but from what I can tell it's just a different approach to how most people have grown accustomed to the web.
You can technically follow communities and users from Lemmy on Mastodon, though the two platforms have different UIs. I was recommended to register for two different instances as they let you interact with each one to the fullest/intended way. However you can still communicate between the two which is the fediverses' biggest strength imo.
E.g. I found this comment via lemmy. I copied the link and pasted it into my mastodon search bar. Once found, I can comment it through my Mastodon instance. The difference is that I cannot do unique lemmy interactions such as make lemmy-posts or downvote because those aren't shared functions on ActivityHub between Lemmy and Mastodon.
So, in terms of interaction, use a lemmy instance (though try to register for a less populated one that fits you're identity to distribute the traffic/server load). Registering may take a bit since it's run by actual people.
In terms of communication, you can use either instance. The key is using links and the search bar. I cannot overstate how powerful the search function is in the fediverse, if you have the right link, you can find any post in the fediverse.
Do you mean at the technical level or UI level?
At the UI level, just have a look at https://kbin.social and you'll see a lot of very familiar posts. Also their posts show up here, just like any normal post.
Mastodon is a bit trickier. If you put hashtags in your post text, I think it shows up like a "toot" for users following it? Sorry, not a Mastodon user, don't really know how it works.
At a technical level, Lemmy is built on the ActivityPub protocol. It's how Lemmy servers talk to eachother, it's how Mastodon servers talk to eachother, and it's how a hell of a lot more services talk. Best analogy I've heard is ActivityPub is like the email protocol for social media platforms.
When this was asked 2 years ago, the community agreed on Lemmings, but I also rather like the second most suggested name, Lemmynauts.
Lemmings seems popular and I'm sure the incoming hoardes from reddit would resemble lemmings.
And just in case anyone did not know. Lemmings do not commit mass suicide. ... And they apparently also do not fall from the sky, or ... explode ... WTF! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemming
I remember watching a documentary-style YouTube video exposing it, it was crazy and sad. The producers of the original documentary concocted an infuriating cocktail of disinformation and genocide.
Yep,
But the biggest reason the myth endures? Deliberate fraud. For the 1958 Disney nature film White Wilderness, filmmakers eager for dramatic footage staged a lemming death plunge, pushing dozens of lemmings off a cliff while cameras were rolling. The images—shocking at the time for what they seemed to show about the cruelty of nature and shocking now for what they actually show about the cruelty of humans—convinced several generations of moviegoers that these little rodents do, in fact, possess a bizarre instinct to destroy themselves.
https://www.britannica.com/story/do-lemmings-really-commit-mass-suicide
Humans are horrible to non-human animals :(
Humans are pretty horrible to human animals too :(
So they don't use umbrellas or build stairs? I feel cheated! Dumb lemmings.
Well, Lemmy is part of the Fediverse, as has been pointed out. So maybe we are all Feddies? I am using Kbin.social, so maybe I'm just a Bin? Then again, as boring as it is, maybe we are just users? Or even more shocking, maybe we are humans? Nah, surely not? I will stick to calling myself a twat.
I think a frequently used word is Fedizen, i.e. Fediverse citizen.
I didn't serve so I'm not guaranteed citizenship.
Feds has nice ring to it :)
Not in the U.S. it doesn't. (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
i like lemmings
Kilmisters
Lemmunists!
I like a more Fediverse-oriented term. My favorite so far is "Fedinaut".
Also, what's the term for Lemmy's "subreddit"?
...sublemmy?
Community, if subreddit is what I think it is. As in subreddit r/memes is a community c/memes here.
Even reddit started calling their subreddits communities, though I don't know if anybody ever actually calls them that.
To me, communities will always be subs.
Lemmon party
Someone should make a lemmon.party instance
lemmies is cool.
it's lemming time
but i like lemmies term, we should used that
@beto It might be a good idea to not do that thing that happened with Mastodon, where everyone thinks the Mastodon is the Fediverse. There is more to the #threadiverse than just lemmy!
Great point! Sorry, I'm new to Lemmy (but not to the Fediverse) and I see you're using kbin. It's easy to forget that people are not all using the same software — I'm still amazed that I can post to a Lemmy community from Mastodon, and I assume the same is true for kbin.
I had this question because i was explaining Lemmy to my partner, and her favorite subreddit is BestOfRedditorUpdates. So I wondered what would be the name of the equivalent community in Lemmy. 😊
Hold my beer! LEMMINGS
What about Lemmyurians?
After the now scientifically discredited "lost continent" of Lemuria - between India, Madagascar, and Australia. Some occultists claimed that it's the origin of humankind.
Lemmings is terrible. It stands for mindless creatures that run in to their death one after another. I know that's not what actual Lemmings do but it's still associated with it lmao
I actually asked GPT the other day and it replied Lemmings.
I think we should keep changing it so Reddit can't predict our movements. Like lemmings.
Steal some of Nintendo's branding and go with LemMiis
Everything about Lemmy; bugs, gripes, praises, and advocacy.
For discussion about the lemmy.ml instance, go to !meta@lemmy.ml.
