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What do we call the Lemmy/Kbin Universe? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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The lemmyverse sounds perfect, but it ignores alternatives like kbin etc. It would be better if we didn't end up with the situation we have with Mastodon where people assume Mastodon is the fediverse.

So, what do we call this little niche in the fediverse?

Communiverse? FediGroups?

#lemmy #kbin #fediverse #communiverse #FediGroups

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (17 children)

Seeing some push back here on the idea of confusing things with more terms than just "fediverse". I get that. The problem is that that cat is very much out of the bag. Surely, for the vast majority of people that have any awareness of the fediverse, they think it's just Mastodon.

Either way, "Mastodon" is a much larger "brand" than "fediverse" or anything else on the fediverse. So trying to get some conceptual branding going makes sense. It make things more clear, as the idea of the fediverse itself is kinda fuzzy and complex and probably best left out at the beginning. It's a little bit like the matrix, you have to see it with your own eyes, IMO.

So, my lame contribution ...

Threadiverse!: "Social media, but woven into threads, like Reddit or Forums, not like the chaos of Twitter, but all on the Fediverse so you can find anyone else doing anything else too."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I really like how this addresses the format of the content, you get my vote ❤️

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yea, and it retains "fediverse" in it too. Not to love my own creation too much, but I'm liking it the more time I spend with it ... I'll probably start using it all over the place now LOL.

Importantly, it's not just Lemmy and /kbin, there are other thread or forum based platforms out there too (See, eg @[email protected] and their work). Advocating for them all with a single umbrella term surely helps.

Also, after a quick check there are some domains available too.

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