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A lot of people say fedditors but that sounds way too derivative of reddit

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[-] myxi@feddit.nl 535 points 1 year ago
[-] A_Toasty_Strudel@lemmy.world 58 points 1 year ago

This so far seems to be the generally accepted term that's been making it's way around the platform here recently.

[-] CKOW@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

It’s the only reasonable answer given the name really

[-] Sputnik34@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

This and it isn't even an option

[-] overzeetop@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And at some point, someone looking for a payday^1^ is going to take video of us being herded off a cliff by an asshole^2^ even though we don’t actually do that unless provoked, and it will become a totally wrong impression of us that enters the common knowledge base.

^1^ every online tech journal

^2^ spez

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[-] TheFANUM@lemmy.world 209 points 1 year ago
[-] Fordry@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

I don't understand why this isn't the most up voted selection.

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[-] Rick@lemmy.world 192 points 1 year ago

Lemmings is the obvious choice

[-] Holodeck_Moriarty@lemm.ee 29 points 1 year ago

Yes, I'm willing to follow all of you off a cliff.

[-] 20gramsWrench@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 year ago

Did you know, the famous shot of lemmings falling of a cliff in the documentary that started the ideas that lemmings will just die following their peers of a cliff was actually a bunch of documentary makers pushing a bunch of lemming off of it to make a cool shot and not actual lemmings behavior ? You probably did actually...

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[-] nailbar@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 year ago

From Reddit's point of view, we all just migrated off a cliff.

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[-] HunterBidensLapDog@infosec.pub 92 points 1 year ago

Lemmings, obviously.

Follow the crowd!

[-] KuchiKopi@lemmy.world 89 points 1 year ago
[-] Jackolantern@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago

This made me chuckle, here’s a lemon award for you 🍋

Lemming on!

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[-] starchive@lemmy.world 63 points 1 year ago

Can I be called a Lemming? I want to be called a Lemming.

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[-] Wailzy@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

I was gonna say lemmons but 🤷🏼‍♀️

[-] Craig@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

IRL meetups can be called lemmon parties

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[-] Whaler_Shaver@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 year ago
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[-] HangoverTuesday@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

Motorheads, of course.

[-] duckef@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago
[-] chrisbit@cocte.au 21 points 1 year ago

Lemmingtons for us Aussie users

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[-] crunchpaste@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 year ago

Lemmings sounds absolutely adorable and since the app is defunct it is kind of free for the taking.

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[-] ekZepp@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago
[-] Hyggyldy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 year ago

I prefer to think of myself as having been a Redditeur. Far above the peasantry of the Redditors. /s

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[-] eldnikpw@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Fedizen, cause lemmy is just a part of the fediverse.

[-] radioactiveradio@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lemurs, we goin' back to monké

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[-] T0rrent01@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

I don't think "lemmings" is a very appropriate name, considering the potentially harmful implications of blind misguided movement and lack of individuality.

[-] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 51 points 1 year ago

I think "lemmings" is a very appropriate name because it is funny because of those potentially harmful implications.

[-] nous@programming.dev 15 points 1 year ago

Those implications being, don't trust big corporations as they will round you up and dump you over the side of a cliff to sell sad story and profit off your suffering? Yup, I agree, seems appropriate here.

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[-] Mautobu@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

It's absolutely appropriate and approved. Hey guys, we've asked lemmings.

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