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submitted 2 years ago by falcoignis@reddthat.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Very difficult to discuss with the fiance without know the terminology yet lol

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[-] EnglishMobster@kbin.social 39 points 2 years ago

On Lemmy, they are "communities".

On Kbin, they are "magazines". I am told that "magazine" is a pun in Polish (Kbin's maintainer is Polish).

[-] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago

Having been here all of 30 minutes, referring to them “bins” might be a nice

[-] Syo@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago

Did we just witness the birth of viral content in this bin?

[-] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

I wholeheartedly agree with this one. It's also still semi funny referring to them as basically trashcans. But I think as a new user it is just way more streamlined and sensible than calling them "magazines". When I read that first I just could think of like paper magazines and thought they'd be some sort of editorial content, which is highly misleading. Calling them "bins" just makes way more sense and sort of adds to the brand of the platform.

[-] shaal@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

nice and simple. this works for me..

[-] speck@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Ditto. This is the winner!

[-] squeebee@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Bin there, read that.

[-] grimaferve@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

I think that's a great idea! If you post something like that over at kbinmeta, I'd support it.

[-] Skullduggery@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah I mean it's short and kind of right there in your face... +1 for bins

[-] OutXider@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

If they're called "magazines", then I'm calling them "clips" for short.

[-] shootwhatsmyname@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

How about mags?

[-] Xperr7@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Oh man, that'd annoy so many people that are pedantic, including me lmao.

[-] fuzzyshark@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I think I prefer "zines" as a shortened form of "magazines."
"Clips" sounds more like a post within a magazine.

[-] BreadDog@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Ohh, I like zines as a shortened version

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

I'm going "gazis."

[-] noodlejetski@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

one of kbin instances (the first one, maybe?) is called karab.in ("rif.le"), hence the magazines I guess.

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