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This is all very confusing to me
I think part of why it's confusing is that we don't have defined names for these things. This is so early in a social media "product" life that there isn't a common understanding. You're now part of making those names. It's a bit exciting but mostly confusing while everyone uses their own terms to mean the same fundamental things. Embrace the chaos!
part of why it’s confusing is that we don’t have defined names for these things.
But we do: Communities.
You find that term in the UI, in user documentation, and the /c/ part of the URL also refers to that.
Calling it anything else, especially unrelated to /c/, will only make it harder and more confusing for new people to join.
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Communities. It is an established name.
- The documentation uses it: https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/users/01-getting-started.html
- The browser interface uses it (see top left, see in dropdown menus)
- The unchangeable URL structure uses it (we are in /c/[email protected])
Lemmy is difficult enough to learn for newcomers. Please don't make it harder for them to join. Don't force them to learn two terms where one suffices.
Technically communities but I prefer the term sublemmy
I saw someone below mention that hexbear calls them comms with 2 m's. That sounds like the best nickname.
My brain will never not read that as "communications," I'm gonna think everyone here is real serious about HAM radio lol.
Some of us are
Whatever it's called, it'd probably have to have "c" somewhere in the name, since that's what appears in the urls.
c-cum-com-community
Lemmywinks? South park reference https://southpark.fandom.com/wiki/Lemmiwinks
Lemmywings? Like different wings of an overall government of lemmys?
Fuck it, call them Lem. Memes is a Sub-Lemmy on Lemmy on the lemmy.nl Lem.