Huh. I didn't know that. To be honest, I didn't know that there was a Koopa named Lemmy until I looked at their github either. I've never played Mario.

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MiddleWeigh 1 point 3 years ago

Lemmy. the man, the myth, the musical.

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kilmister 10 points 3 years ago

Yes.

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kommanditbolag 8 points 3 years ago

Lemmy find you where I read it

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stevehobbes 1 point 3 years ago

Lemmy get a link

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Briguy24 0 points 3 years ago

...yes..

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original_reader 4 points 3 years ago

Once upon a time there was a Lemming called...

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borkcorkedforks 4 points 3 years ago

The related names makes it really hard to be a useful name to search.

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SushiLibre 3 points 3 years ago

@astigma while these are all the „official“ reasons, they are also really boring

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astigma 1 point 3 years ago

Well I can't argue with that, blame @dessalines@lemmy.ml 😊

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iAmTheTot 1 point 3 years ago

I believe kbin is a little bit of a pun on a polish gun name.

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VerPoilu 2 points 3 years ago

But then why do they have that logo?

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Relected 1 point 3 years ago

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PreciousDeclaration 1 point 3 years ago

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SSUPII 2 points 3 years ago

Definitely best teory

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ellgramar 2 points 3 years ago

Unfortunately, its not:(

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4am 1 point 3 years ago

Trick question, Lemmy is god!

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I_Miss_Daniel 3 points 3 years ago

It'll probably become an instance one day... Or does 'winks' have to be a TLD for that to be possible?

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alternative_factor 4 points 3 years ago

The thing that's nice about being a "lemming" is that in reality they are very feisty critters and don't do the weird mass running off of cliffs things that they are "known" for.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iqaA3eiHFRM

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GoodKingElliot 6 points 3 years ago

Kbin and Lemmy and Mastadon (and others) can all federate with each other, so posts and comments are all shared. They all speak the same underlying protocol -- ActivityPub.

https://kbin.social/...

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BiggestBulb 4 points 3 years ago

They ARE different sites, but they're federated. Basically, sites on the Fediverse (the nickname for the group of sites which share this functionality) can communicate. So, for example, Mastadon, Lemmy and kbin are all on the Fediverse, so they can communicate (when sites on the Fediverse are able to communicate, people say they are "federated").

Let me give you an example!

Say you're on Mastadon and you post something. That post will be visible to users on Lemmy and kbin, and people from Lemmy and kbin can comment and interact with it (since they all share the same protocol). Lemmy / kbin users will not have the 400 character limit Mastadon has, but they will still be able to interact.

Same thing if you make a post on Lemmy - on the whole, the Fediverse will be able to see your posts. Same with your comment here (Lemmy users can see it. For an example of a comment from another site, check out Stux's comment below - they are from Mastadon)

They are all distinct apps with distinct features, they just can communicate with each other. Imagine it like Twitter and Facebook could see each others' posts.

Now, some instances of Lemmy and kbin (basically, some servers of them) are blocked from federation with others on the Fediverse (aka, recently Beehaw - a Lemmy instance - blocked another Lemmy instance) but that is on a per-instance basis.

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Ragnell 1 point 3 years ago

Maybe they need to go back to school.

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