They're communities. And the different servers/sites are instances.
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I'll just call them sublemmys
I think this is the clear winner
Lol I quite like it, at one point reddit was a foreign weird sounding word
Way more fun than communities! Plus it speaks to the Reddit exodus in a bit of a tongue in cheek way.
It's a nice lighthearted nod to the exodus, and also a nod to the subforums that came before Reddit. Communities may be the "official" name and I try to use it when talking to others, but they'll always be sublemmys in my head.
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Technically communities but I prefer the term sublemmy
@falcoignis On KBin, they're called "Magazines". Not quite sure if I like it. lol.
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The use of 'comm' and 'comms' as short form for communities makes the most sense to me. Lemmy's url path already uses /c/ as the designation as well.
Like 'sub' and 'subs', they are one syllable, and are easy to say and spell.
If someone says "comms" I'm going to think "communications"
but I guess that also technically works ^^
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oh snap! you know Lemmy has hit the big time when its a topic of discussion between SOs!
I've been talking about it with a relative, because she really enjoys "popcorn" (i.e. drama).
nerd drama the best drama. :-)
Sometimes Iused "sublemmies" based on what a few others have done, but mostly I just use community or something similar.
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I’ve seen “communities,” and my personal conceit is that “like” communities (communities with the same, similar, or synergistic subject matter) are “cohorts” so you don’t have to type “multi-communities”
can we call them commies?
oof, id rather call them "comms" or just "cs"(cees)
i come from a country where commie is never used as a slur, but by the number of replies that i have received that are mildly horrified, i guess that i may need to think of a different name!
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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).
Having been here all of 30 minutes, referring to them “bins” might be a nice
Bin there, read that.
Yeah I mean it's short and kind of right there in your face... +1 for bins
Did we just witness the birth of viral content in this bin?
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If they're called "magazines", then I'm calling them "clips" for short.
I'm going "gazis."
Oh man, that'd annoy so many people that are pedantic, including me lmao.
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Lemmunities (I pulled it out of my ass, take it or leave it)
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