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Can the term 'link aggregator' be changed to 'decentralized forum' (lemmy.ml)
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Or another term which is more descriptive. This is the first thing people see when they type in Lemmy

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Digg and Reddit invented the terminology and I don't think people are unfamiliar with it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I vaguely remember the term from yCombinator which is exclusively links and does not have communities.

Even when using Reddit for many years in the past I never heard the term. It seems like Reddit too realized that it was not a good term for marketing.

According to NATOpedia Reddit is also a forum and "social news aggregation platform

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddit

Reddit (/ˈrɛdɪt/ ⓘ RED-it) is an American proprietary social news aggregation and forum social media platform.