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[–] erotador@lemmy.blahaj.zone 69 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

if I say "nerd social media" my gf know exactly what I'm talking about

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 44 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)
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[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 4 weeks ago

The nerdiverse

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 8 points 4 weeks ago

/thread

Issue closed as resolved.

I'm using this from now on. Thanks.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 32 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 27 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)
[–] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The good internet = TGI

TGIF = Thank ~~god~~ it's federated

[–] coldsideofyourpillow@lemmy.cafe 14 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Thank Graphics Interchange Format?

[–] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 4 weeks ago
[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 19 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (16 children)

Threadiverse is a terrible name, the most immediate word association is Threads, ostensibly a large corporate competitor, and the most immediate search result is a geeky/nerdy tshirt/merch company.

Better names?

Fuck uh... I dunno.

Lemmyverse

Lemmy and Friends

Reddit Asylum Seekers Club (RASCL?)

The front page of Web 4.0

Fediverse's Fractious Forums

???

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[–] coldsideofyourpillow@lemmy.cafe 19 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

"The United Link Aggregation Alliance of the Threaded Fediverse, which includes Lemmy, PieFed, kbin, and its fork mbin"

[–] Yoga@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)
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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

People’s Front of Judea vibes

[–] humiddragonslayer@lemm.ee 7 points 4 weeks ago

Take that back, it's clearly giving Judean People's Front.

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[–] match@pawb.social 19 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

lemmy. come at me kbinners

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 4 weeks ago (11 children)
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[–] Wabbitsmiles@lemmy.world 16 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] ericjmorey@discuss.online 12 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (7 children)

I generally don't. I don't find it to be a useful grouping to reference or discuss.

Try piefed.social
Try Discuss.online
Try beehaw.org
Try programming.dev
I'm always referring to one, never the group.

[–] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I wouldn't point them to Beehaw though, their segregated nature and difficult onboarding process make it less welcoming for newcomers to the Fediverse.

lemmy.blahaj.zone is a better choice for people who want LGBTQ friendly spaces.

[–] ericjmorey@discuss.online 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I think this is a great illustration of my point. I like the culture beehaw.org has established more than what lemmy.blahaj.zone has encouraged. And I don't particularly care about "the fediverse". I care about the online communities I engage with.

Everyone is different and I make my recommendation based on what I think the person I'm making recommendations to would like most.

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[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I’ve taken a liking to threadiverse, though I think it might confuse some people given Meta’s Threads and Metaverse, people might assume it’s a mix of that.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 10 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Fuck facebook for stealing the name metaverse BTW.

[–] reptar@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)
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[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)
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[–] ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world 11 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

What to call this stuff...

Jokingly:
webweb, 'cause it's a web of websites.
cross-fora, 'cause they're like cross-posts but entire forums.
newsvents, 'cause a lot of the activity is venting in news post comments. 😉
memecycling centers, 'cause it's a lot of reposts of old memes/shitposts.

Realistically:
Whatever instance/site I'm directing someone to.

stick-in-the-mud-tangentI'd never tell someone to go to WordPress if I was telling them to go to a site built with Wordpress, that'd be silly and out of touch. It'd also be out of touch to use some jargon that means nothing to them like "threadiverse".

All the pointing to these backends as though they're platforms like the corporate platforms shows how much they've conditioned people into thinking in their terms. The major benefit to these backends is they're more open, enabling greater mobility between the instances of them/sites built with them.

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[–] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 4 weeks ago

PiembimmyBB

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[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 9 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)
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[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 9 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Fedi... Been doing it and it works

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Sounds like FBI is knocking

[–] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 4 weeks ago

Federated Boards of Internet

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[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 9 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Social net.

Two words everyone understands. Also the two ideas that make the fediverse what it is.

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[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 weeks ago
[–] IronJess@lemmy.today 8 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] classic@fedia.io 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

idk, fediverse seems fine to me

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 weeks ago (12 children)

It is, but we're not really the same kind of platform than Mastodon or Misskey, or Pixelfed or Peertube

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[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 8 points 4 weeks ago

I would say Men of Low Moral Fibre but that's not inclusive...

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] kernelle@0d.gs 6 points 4 weeks ago

I've thought the same about "link aggregator" on join-lemmy.org, even though it seems like the best two words to use to describe such platforms, it needs further explanation most of the time.

Reddit was hard to market for the same reasons, although they had a pretty good name.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 weeks ago (8 children)

Disqus is actually a quite good name when you think about it

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[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago
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