Part of the latest migration wave. Something I realized when looking for communities on google is that "lemmy community" is super clumsy.
Lemmy communities need a distinct one word name for communities like how reddit has "subreddits"
3 years ago by Perfide to c/showerthoughts
HoleMuncher 5 points 3 years ago
Ooo I kinda like this a lot! How do we get this to be official?
pinwurm 5 points 3 years ago
Could always ask the devs?
Kbin can their communities Magazines, so people are okay with alternate names for communities already.
Then again trends catch on in weird ways. What we end up calling them might be something we haven’t heard suggested yet.
Saint_of_Illusion 3 points 3 years ago
Here and now, we take a stand and use "slice" exclusively. It's so fetch!
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Dick_Justice 22 points 3 years ago
They already have a name, straight from the documentation: "communities". You can call something a "community" and everyone knows exactly what you mean. Call it something contrived like a "sublemmy" and you have to explain it every time.
Perfide 1 point 3 years ago
I disagree, I feel the opposite. If I google, say, "x hometown community", I'm going to get literally everything about my home town. "x hometown sublemmy's(or whatever)" on the otherhand, would be fine tuned to show me lemmy communities about my hometown.
MrMcMisterson 13 points 3 years ago
Lemmies? Sublems? Underlems?
Communities don't have the same ring to it, I agree.
sumofchemicals 15 points 3 years ago
I like sublem
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CodeMonkeyDance 1 point 3 years ago
Sublimes?
scarabic 13 points 3 years ago
It could be something unbranded, like “communities,” as long as it was consistently used by all. But to have some call it topics, some call it communities, and some call it channels just gets confusing. I’m not even going to comment on “magazines.”
Brokensilence410 3 points 3 years ago
I am all in for calling communities /c/itrusses. I'm sold!
SmallAlmond 7 points 3 years ago
The problem lies in the federative aspect of it.
Calling the communities "sublemmies" for example, would mean that people on kbin have to call it like that too. And afaik they are called in a general way for the fediverse, just like how mastodon changed toot to post.
Does this make the platforms less unique? Yes, absolutely, but I don't think there is a fix for it.
leapingleopard 6 points 3 years ago
"Lemunity?"
Nollij 5 points 3 years ago
Welcome! You're going to want this to find communities on different instances. Not only will this show you communities that aren't available on your home instance (either because no one's requested it yet, or you aren't federated with them), but it will also show you when the same community name exists on multiple instances.
https://lemmyverse.net/communities
Also:
mookulator 4 points 3 years ago
Similar discussion happening over in general
Countmacula 2 points 3 years ago
Sublemmies is the best
dreadedsemi 4 points 3 years ago
Lemmunity
stinkypoopsalot 2 points 3 years ago
Lemmings?
Caminsky 0 points 3 years ago
Embrace chaos. That's what social networks want us to do. Become their data so they can use us to become their corporate power. This federation system is really good, decentralized flexible. I love it. Keep it open source. They fuck with us, we go elsewhere. I for one dont care for reddit anymore
Caminsky 0 points 3 years ago
Embrace chaos. That's what social networks want us to do. Become their data so they can use us to become their corporate power. This federation system is really good, decentralized flexible. I love it. Keep it open source. They fuck with us, we go elsewhere. I for one dont care for reddit anymore
Caminsky -1 points 3 years ago
Embrace chaos. That's what social networks want us to do. Become their data so they can use us to become their corporate power. This federation system is really good, decentralized flexible. I love it. Keep it open source. They fuck with us, we go elsewhere. I for one dont care for reddit anymore
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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
Rules
- All posts must be showerthoughts
- The entire showerthought must be in the title
- No politics
- If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
- A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
- Posts must be original/unique
- Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS
If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.
Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.
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showerthoughts
@lemmy.world
44135
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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
Rules
- All posts must be showerthoughts
- The entire showerthought must be in the title
- No politics
- If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
- A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
- Posts must be original/unique
- Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS
If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.
Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.
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Hmm, after a quick Google - I vote for Slice. That’s what you call a group of lemmings. A slice of lemmings.
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