Absolutely KBinauts. Seen it going around and it's great. I first saw it here
this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2023
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I've been thinking about this for a little while now and I think Fedditor is the best choice.
- Between Kbin and Lemmy, there's already two choices of software platforms for Reddit-esque link aggregators that work together. In the future there may be more. I think the term should be inclusive.
- Fedditor is play on redditor, a widely used term for users of the privately owned Reddit. A fedditor is a user of a Fediverse alternative.
- Since ActivityPub is an underlying protocol that interfaces with the rest of the Fediverse, I think emphasizing the Fediverse aspect and the "reddit-esque" aspect is more important than the specific software platform.
- People may use different terms for Kbin vs Lemmy vs future alternatives (or ones I just don't know about), but they may also use different terms for the instance they use or for the magazine/group that they are a part of. I think if any term becomes widespread, it should be an inclusive term that fall underneath a more general term such as Fedditor.
I like this idea. A term that is site-agnostic is a good idea since there are so many potential names for any given instance.
There's also just no elegant way to turn "kbins.social" into a term that rolls off the tongue. "k-beans" and similar terms are just awkward and I can't see them being adopted en masse.
Fedditor is perfect if you want to include Lemmy
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kbiñeros (edit: typo)
Ernest Bois
Actually we are just Erns, he alone is the Ernest.
Your logic is flawless and I fully support, plus it sounds rather cute.
However I must say that it seems too obscure, as most users won't know (nor care) who created the initial codebase, and there's no obvious association between "kbin" and "ern".
binbags :p
ktrash?
keebs
I'm not from here, but I like k-beans.
(I don't wanna be offensive)
Been here since just before the blackout and I'm not big on kbeans. First of all it sets us up to have a derogatory nickname, likely even unintentionally so. Secondly it has nothing to do with kbin other than vaguely resembling the word 'bin'
I've been partial to kbinaut. No one will question where we're from. Keeps kbin in the name. And a bit more on theme as the 'fediverse' kinda has a loose space vibe to it and with kbinaut resembling astronaut
I kinda like "k-beans/kbeans".
Reminds me of one of my fav sayings: "Cool beans."
I'm allergic to beans. :(
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I like kbinaut and k-beans
Liners
how about "users" or "members"
-t boomer
I have seen kbinauts used before. Credit to some guy.
Ballers, shot callers
I vote for k-beans!
I'm just gonna come out and say it because I think people don't realize and it may be specific to US - if kbeans sticks we will be called "kbeaners" by trolls until the end of time, as it includes a racial slur aimed at hispanic/latino people
Honestly I bet a fair amount of people will even unintentionally use it without realizing. And if we have the ability to choose, I'd rather our nickname not be something that invites people to easily combine it with a slur
/u/gus is right - 'kbeaner' contains a loaded slur: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaner one thats been around for a long time. It is not one I was aware of until recently.
Seems overly touchy to care, just block and move on or roll your eyes.
Why not go after the rock climbing industry for carabiners instead? /s
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K-beans is cute
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Whatever you feel in your heart, honestly. I like kbeans myself
I've been using Kbinner but I saw someone use Kbinaut and I love it.
Kbinsniks
Those of us who just joined are referred to as Beanie babies.
I vote for kbinauts
I mentioned to my SO about kbin. Since then she refers to it as Kevin.
Kbin users
I like kbinauts but kbinners was the first demonym that popped into my head
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