submitted 1 year ago by AnotherBoredSlug@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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OK, so as a new lemmy user (hello, world!), I keep saying subreddits for categories/communities. I feel like we should come up with a new creative term. Like....lemmings? lemmons? sublemminals?

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[+] sukan@feddit.jp 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

We can, but the word is long and not catchy. Subreddit is also long, but it could be shortened to just "sub" and everyone'd know what you were talking about. "Sub" is what gives the word meaning after all. Shortening community to "com" just isn't the same.

Also, you could mention the word "subreddit" offline and people would know you meant a community on reddit in particular. "Community" is a very generic term.

Sublemmy, which some have proposed, fixes these issues, but it comes with the side effect of being yet another thing we take from reddit, which can be offputting to those who want Lemmy do be its own thing rather than just where reddit users migrated to.

[-] necrxfagivs@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

A way to shorten Communities is to call them Commies!

[-] yote_zip@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago

Time will tell, but I think there's some survivor bias in having already normalized "subs". I think if everyone decided to shorten to "coms" it wouldn't sound so weird after a while. I definitely prefer calling them communities, but I'm not sure what the shortened version should be. Sublemmies sounds too forced IMO.

[-] AnotherBoredSlug@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Sure! It's just fun to think of new words. :)

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

I like sub-lemmies. It sounds cute

[-] manitcor@lemmy.intai.tech 14 points 1 year ago

lemminal-spaces

[-] AnotherBoredSlug@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Ooh, that's a nice one!

[-] amcjv12@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I like "cliffs" on the theory that users are called lemmings, so the communities are the cliffs we choose to run off together

[-] queermunist@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Oh that's good, and goes with the /c/ in the url

[-] AnotherBoredSlug@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yes!

[-] reallychris@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

i vote sub lemmies, because i too keep catching myself say subreddits spits

don't tell anybody but i'm still doing tweets on mastodon.

[-] Thavron@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

I'd say com/comms. Short for communities and goed with the c/

[-] NoHardshipInPancakes@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

I'm also a new user but I enjoy the fact that this place is not reddit. I understand what you're getting at, but the more we parallel reddit the more this place will just tumble down the same content hellhole reddit did. Why not enjoy the distinction and let the communities be what they already are... Communities.