Sub-lemmies?

3 years ago by AnotherBoredSlug to c/lemmyworld

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?

sukan 23 points 3 years ago

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boonhet 11 points 3 years 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.

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necrxfagivs 10 points 3 years ago

A way to shorten Communities is to call them Commies!

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sukan 6 points 3 years ago

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boonhet 5 points 3 years ago

with kbin and lemmy

kbin

bin

Honestly, calling them bins would do it for me.

Assorted bins for different types of recycling shitposting. It's a short word, very memorable, rolls off the tongue mentally and in real speech.

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yote_zip 5 points 3 years 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.

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AnotherBoredSlug 2 points 3 years ago

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

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manitcor 15 points 3 years ago

lemminal-spaces

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AnotherBoredSlug 3 points 3 years ago

Ooh, that's a nice one!

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MostlyGhost 15 points 3 years ago

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amcjv12 11 points 3 years ago

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

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queermunist 4 points 3 years ago

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

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AnotherBoredSlug 2 points 3 years ago

Yes!

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reallychris 7 points 3 years 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.

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Thavron 6 points 3 years ago

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

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queermunist 5 points 3 years ago

We are lemmings.

They could be sublimes?

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clueless_stoner 2 points 3 years ago

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mycatiskai 3 points 3 years ago

Communes

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AnotherBoredSlug 1 point 3 years ago

Please, no. I grew up in one and don't wish to return!

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mycatiskai 2 points 3 years ago

How about communikays

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NoHardshipInPancakes 5 points 3 years 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.

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manitcor 3 points 3 years ago

slemmy

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