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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.)

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[–] rss3091 37 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] lettruthout 7 points 1 year ago

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

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A group of lemmings is called a "slice".

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

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

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] FlavorGrain 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Haha, Lemmunity was my first thought.

(also, my first comment here!)

[–] Anarch157a 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I upvote "sublems" or "sublemmies".

Lemmings... Yup. I like that.

[–] nieceandtows 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lemmings should refer to the users

[–] 00Lemming 6 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] lettruthout 5 points 1 year ago

I might start using sublem!

[–] sanguinepar 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I like the idea of a Slice!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] Ketram 11 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

A sublemmy?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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 -.-

[–] gravalicious 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Holy cannoli, someone should make an app named that!

/s

[–] akvomelono 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] akvomelono 6 points 1 year ago

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

[–] misterundercoat 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Going with c/ how about "circle"

[–] kadu 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And so we come back to Google+

[–] misterundercoat 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] impulse 11 points 1 year ago

As did almost everyone else.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year 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.

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

Honestly, I think the answer is obvious … same as it was before … β€œSub”.

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

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

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

**Lem ** plural: Lems

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year 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.

[–] toxicbubble 6 points 1 year ago
[–] trot 6 points 1 year ago

Hexbear uses "comm"

[–] HerculeanTardigrade 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Lmao, everything sounds like LeBron naming memes or whatever it's called. πŸ˜‚

[–] Yodadidas 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] ConditionOverload 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] BeMoreCareful 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] WhoRoger 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] Sonemonkey 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I saw Lemmyverse somewhere and I kind of dig it

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[–] MegaUltraChicken 5 points 1 year ago

Seconding "Sublem"

[–] aalvare2 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] firead 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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