Is there a short name for "Lemmy Community"?

3 years ago by lettruthout to c/asklemmy

Coming from Reddit, the term subreddit was easy. Is there already a short name for Lemmy Communities?

Lemmity?

Lemmunity?

Sublemmit? (My wife's suggestion, now my current favorite.)

burgersc12 41 points 3 years ago
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thesalamander 6 points 3 years ago

People always referred to subreddits as a sub or community anyway. Easy.

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burgersc12 35 points 3 years ago
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Jivebunny 7 points 3 years ago

cunts

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sol 1 point 3 years ago

I'd say cummies for the extra cringe factor.

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paragonsphoenix 0 points 3 years ago

I laughed too hard at this

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wildbus8979 11 points 3 years ago

Community => Cums

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Thavron 2 points 3 years ago

Yep. And can easily be shortened to com or comms.

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gylotip 1 point 3 years ago
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promitheas 2 points 3 years ago

But subreddits are called Subreddits and have the format /r/subreddit_name.

Also, community is in my opinion

  • too long to type out for something we will be using very often
  • the word already has a meaning

It might be better to simply use another dedicated word

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burgersc12 2 points 3 years ago
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jossbo 1 point 3 years ago

How about "cub".

Like, "we need a cub for this".

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TheOPtimal 3 points 3 years ago

i don't think you know the meaning behind that word and i don't want to be the one that tells you...

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jossbo 1 point 3 years ago

Ah. Yes, I did not think of that 😅

But to be fair, 'sub' has another meaning as well.

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pingveno 2 points 3 years ago

Or pups, since a baby lemming is called a pup?

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Brunbrun6766 -2 points 3 years ago

Definitely should be community. And I was hoping we could all leave the 3rd grade humor behind on reddit

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burgersc12 5 points 3 years ago
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eezeebee 3 points 3 years ago

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minimar 2 points 3 years ago

I'm afraid to inform you that you are on the Internet

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rss3091 37 points 3 years ago

Sublems?

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wdfa 11 points 3 years ago
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lettruthout 7 points 3 years ago

Hmm... short and sweet, with a "tip of the hat" to our old reddit world. This might catch on.

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lettruthout 4 points 3 years ago

The adjective being: "subleminal"

Fun to say, but I'm not sure how I'd use that in a sentance.

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Kempeth 36 points 3 years ago

A group of lemmings is called a "slice".

If we're not going for community I'd vote for this.

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taj 6 points 3 years ago

I like slice! A slice of life... A slice of the lemmingverse 😁

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DrQuint 2 points 3 years ago

I like it.

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sepiroth154 31 points 3 years ago

A burrow.

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PotjiePig 3 points 3 years ago

I'm officially calling communities burrows now. It's done. And a crosspost can be a borrow.

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kosama 2 points 3 years ago path: 0 103975 110584 136531, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
FlavorGrain 29 points 3 years ago

Haha, Lemmunity was my first thought.

(also, my first comment here!)

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Anarch157a 28 points 3 years ago

I upvote "sublems" or "sublemmies".

Lemmings... Yup. I like that.

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nieceandtows 37 points 3 years ago

Lemmings should refer to the users

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00Lemming 6 points 3 years ago

Agreed.

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meldrik 16 points 3 years ago

Sublemmy? Sublem?

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lettruthout 5 points 3 years ago

I might start using sublem!

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sanguinepar 12 points 3 years ago

Good question. Similarly I was talking with someone the other day about what a user should be called (Lemming?) and what the act of using Lemmy might be called (also lemming!)

I like Lemmunity :-)

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00Lemming 2 points 3 years ago

I have made my decision on the matter 😉

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sanguinepar 3 points 3 years ago

Is this the first great flamewar of the Lemmy era? Lemmunity or DEATH, say I! ;-)

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Puls3 12 points 3 years ago

I like slice.

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qprimed 2 points 3 years ago

zesty!

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FuryFaceofDoom 12 points 3 years ago

I like the idea of a Slice!

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Ketram 11 points 3 years ago

Personally I prefer Community, it is nicely neutral and conveys the correct message I think. If people think that's too broad, then "sub" is a solid short option.

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tesfabpel 9 points 3 years ago

A sublemmy?

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RecaffeinatedDecaf 9 points 3 years ago

Mlems

...No, hear me out. If we're lemmings, therefore lems, a community is many lems. So mlems. Also it's catchy.

Edit: Well fuck. Obviously not an ios user -.-

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gravalicious 12 points 3 years ago

Holy cannoli, someone should make an app named that!

/s

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akvomelono 5 points 3 years ago

Omfg I'm so sorry I saw this right after I posted my comment

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akvomelono 6 points 3 years ago

That's actually what the iOS app is called! Mlem

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misterundercoat 8 points 3 years ago

Going with c/ how about "circle"

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kadu 27 points 3 years ago

And so we come back to Google+

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misterundercoat 8 points 3 years ago

Lmao oops I didn't even realize it was a Google+ thing. I kinda forgot Google+ was a thing, tbh.

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impulse 11 points 3 years ago

As did almost everyone else.

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ram 7 points 3 years ago

Baby rodents are called a pup, can we call it a pup please?

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Lemon_Man 7 points 3 years ago

**Lem ** plural: Lems

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SturgiesYrFase 7 points 3 years ago

Blink three times if you're contractually obliged to prefer her suggestion/preferring it under duress.

I'd send help but my wife is home.

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maegul 7 points 3 years ago

Honestly, I think the answer is obvious … same as it was before … “Sub”.

Especially as kbin uses “magazine” for its communities, which means we need a short hand that is not specific. “Sub” captures the idea perfectly well and obviously carries over the Reddit analogy.

My vote would be keep “Community” as the long form name, as it’s a good description of what it is and for. Then short form “sub” because in essence it’s a subset of the total community.

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gylotip 3 points 3 years ago
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Sonemonkey 6 points 3 years ago

Lemming

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NorthWestWind 2 points 3 years ago

I saw someone use this as "redditor" instead of "subreddit"

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gadgetboy 6 points 3 years ago

Lemco

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haelusnovak 2 points 3 years ago

I thought LemCom.

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haelusnovak 1 point 3 years ago

Yuck, but now I thought of RomCom lol.

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Mjb 6 points 3 years ago

You need a single syllable alternative. "Sub" existed for Reddit, guessing "Lem" is the only option available here.

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WhoRoger 5 points 3 years ago

What about "com"

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Mjb 1 point 3 years ago

In hindsight, I expect it'll just remain "sub". Neither "com" nor "lem" are good enough to not just re-use "sub".

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toxicbubble 6 points 3 years ago

lemon

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HerculeanTardigrade 6 points 3 years ago

Lmao, everything sounds like LeBron naming memes or whatever it's called. 😂

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Yodadidas 4 points 3 years ago

This reminds me of the good ol memes with "le me":

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ConditionOverload 5 points 3 years ago

Rage comics were the golden age of memes, to be honest.

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BeMoreCareful 4 points 3 years ago

This may be a dumb question: but how do I zoom in on this pic?

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minimar 1 point 3 years ago

On desktop I just use Imagus. Hovering over an image (or image link) displays it at the cursor in its full size. Unbelievably useful.

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ConditionOverload 1 point 3 years ago

"Lethargic"

Haha r/NBA memes are about to cross over to Lemmy even before the NBA Lemmy community starts!

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trot 6 points 3 years ago

Hexbear uses "comm"

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promitheas 6 points 3 years ago

I liked your wifes suggestion of Sublemmit, but I would compact it more and perhaps call it a Sublem? Much quicker to type out.

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CorrodedCranium 5 points 3 years ago

I saw Lemmyverse somewhere and I kind of dig it

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Acronychal 3 points 3 years ago

Down the lemming hole we go...

Lemuria?!?!

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aalvare2 5 points 3 years ago

How about commune? Short and sweet, and goes with the c/ in the url

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firead 13 points 3 years ago

cummy

...or not

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akvomelono 1 point 3 years ago

rip cummybot /s

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MegaUltraChicken 5 points 3 years ago

Seconding "Sublem"

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Levii 4 points 3 years ago

Slice!

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WhoRoger 4 points 3 years ago

I personally use "com" and hope it catches on.

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agertudici 2 points 3 years ago
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Puls3 1 point 3 years ago

Com feels like company or .com which also stands for company. Doesn't feel right at all.

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WhoRoger 2 points 3 years ago

Comm then. I've seen people using it in the wild.

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JerkyIsSuperior 3 points 3 years ago

Community is fine, please, no cutesy nicknames.

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scifu 3 points 3 years ago

How about LeCo for Lemmy community?

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LostRedditor 2 points 3 years ago

Lemmcomm?

(edited to add an 'm')

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grin 2 points 3 years ago

Lemmings.

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iso 0 points 3 years ago

This has been used for "redditor" by now btw.

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grin 1 point 3 years ago

same thing....

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kermit 2 points 3 years ago

I kinda like “Lemon”.

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kiwifoxtrot 2 points 3 years ago

comm?

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pinwurm 2 points 3 years ago

If Subreddit -> Sub...
Then Community -> Commune ?

Seems apt given the developer's political leanings. But it wouldn't be as inviting to neutral users, so 'sub' seems to be fine to me.

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SignusX 2 points 3 years ago

Summy?

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dystop 1 point 3 years ago

Lemurs? Lemmings?

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mobiuscoffee 1 point 3 years ago

Lemlet

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red 1 point 3 years ago

Commy

(Yea, this isn't going to go well with the Ammys Americans)

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iso 1 point 3 years ago

What about "community"?

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slacktoid 1 point 3 years ago

Lemmurians

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WhatASave 3 points 3 years ago

No these are too scary

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slacktoid 3 points 3 years ago

No love for giant fire breathing lizards I see. ok.

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lemuria 2 points 3 years ago

no

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slacktoid -1 points 3 years ago

I see you point. But .. Why?

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Bishma 1 point 3 years ago

I kind of wish the term from Kbin would catch on, Magazines.

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elonspez 0 points 3 years ago

lemmyhive

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telnetta 2 points 3 years ago

lemmyland

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s_s 0 points 3 years ago

Lemerators

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elonspez -3 points 3 years ago

lunatic

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