I don’t remember what caused the Voat’s origin, except it involved Reddit HQ. And then it went under in 2020.
What’s different about this time and with Lemmy to make it a feasible alternative to Reddit? Is it random chance?
I don’t remember what caused the Voat’s origin, except it involved Reddit HQ. And then it went under in 2020.
What’s different about this time and with Lemmy to make it a feasible alternative to Reddit? Is it random chance?
Wait, what does the name Lemmy mean?
guessing they’re referring to Lemmings, who were mistakenly believed to follow each other off cliffs
Oh, I guess that makes sense in context… But why would the site be named that? I guess I’m missing something.
I thought it was named after https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ihlVbZAPxRk lemmiwinks (South Park).
Lemming. They’re like giant hamster or small woodchucks. Rodents.
Famous for group suicides.
Is it named lemmy because… we all follow each other or something?
The GitHub page says it’s based on:
I think it’s because even if a bunch of instances follow each other off a cliff, there’s still going to be plenty who didn’t join that group that will survive.
Huh, I guess the survival part just isn’t really what I would associate with lemmings, it’s the following each other blindly part (even if it turned out to be the result of a fake documentary).
I thought it was a Motorhead thing.
If you like to gamble, I tell you I’m your man,/You win some, lose some, it’s all the same to me,/The pleasure is to play, etc.
Something about the transient nature of these sites.–