Curious to know, I'd heard "lemming" used in a semi derogatory way, since "a person who unthinkingly joins a mass movement, especially a headlong rush to destruction" is the dictionary definition. It seems to be the first thing to come to mind as to what you'd call a Lemmy user.

This platform certainly is embodying a mass movement to get off of reddit, and I'm definitely all for it! But I can't help but feel this could be one of those baby names that sounded cute and catchy but could be bullied later into life. What are your thoughts?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why tie your identity to it at all? There doesn't need to be a collective name for lemmy users.

Is an email user an emailer? Is a reader of RSS feeds a RSS'er? Are discord users discorders? Or signal users signallers?

(Note: Not actually sure if discord users call themselves something)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

No, they don't call themselves anything on Discord, they are too busy arguing with their moms.