@NakedSphynxPotato to No Stupid QuestionsEnglish • 1 year agoAre we sticking to communities?message-square36arrow-up164arrow-down122file-text
arrow-up142arrow-down1message-squareAre we sticking to communities?@NakedSphynxPotato to No Stupid QuestionsEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square36file-text
minus-squareOverzeetoplinkfedilink8•1 year agoI hope not. The designers chose a name and we should stick with it. Reddit has subreddits, Lemmy has communities, kbin has magazines, usenet has groups, forums have (sub) forums. It’s all good; forced simplification isn’t necessary.
minus-squaremetaStaticlinkfedilink1•1 year agoI think it’s because kbin is a shortened term for a rifle (polish maybe) that uses magazines. Don’t quote me.
I hope not. The designers chose a name and we should stick with it. Reddit has subreddits, Lemmy has communities, kbin has magazines, usenet has groups, forums have (sub) forums. It’s all good; forced simplification isn’t necessary.
Why does kbin call them magazines?
I think it’s because kbin is a shortened term for a rifle (polish maybe) that uses magazines. Don’t quote me.