What do we call the equivalent of a subreddit?

Sublemmy doesn’t quite roll off of the tongue as nicely.

  • Draconic NEO
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    55 hours ago

    You just answered your own question in the title, you call them communities. It’s what they are called by the Lemmy-UI software, and also why they have the /c/ prefix in their URLs.

  • @kalkulat
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    13 hours ago

    I’d bet that ‘lemmings’ wouldn’t work.

  • @cybervseas
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    4918 hours ago

    I usually will say or type “community”.

    • Draconic NEO
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      25 hours ago

      For clarification, it’s communities, not sublemmies.

  • SavvyWolf
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    1818 hours ago

    The “official” word is “community”, which you can see in various parts of the UI.

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍
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    18 hours ago

    I’ve always thought we should call then “dens” (in honor of lemmings) or something like “gigs” or “venues” (in honor of Lemmy), but I stick with “communities.”

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠
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    1118 hours ago

    We call them “communities”, though I’ve been saying “munis” for short.

    Kbin and Kbin call them “magazines”.

    • @[email protected]
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      1918 hours ago

      Kbin and Kbin

      This sounds like a lawfirm name you’d see advertised on TV.

      “Did your post get unjustly deleted? Unfair moderator actions? Admins getting you down? Call Kbin and Kbin for a free consultation TODAY!”

      • @[email protected]OP
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        218 hours ago

        I just discovered my neighbor is a moonie, and proudly described himself as such.

        I was surprised as I thought it was a derogatory term for them.

    • palordrolap
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      217 hours ago

      Apparently, in the underlying ActivityPub protocol, they’re called “groups”.

      Usenet bridge when, smart people? (The cost of doing it properly might well be prohibitive though.)

  • @HarbingerOfTomb
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    616 hours ago

    Community seems to be the de facto name but I really don’t like that. We need to agree on something else.

  • @cheese_greater
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    717 hours ago

    Community or if we’re just spitballin’ here, it could be Sublemmit

  • @A_Very_Big_Fan
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    214 hours ago

    Honestly I think we can just call them “subs” like we did on Reddit. “Sublemmy” sounds clunky but sub still works and we all know what it means.

  • @[email protected]
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    518 hours ago

    I usually call them boards when I can’t remember the name “community”. There are lots of kinds of community. An instance might well be a community if you are browsing local. Board is shorter and my brain wants to use that word anyway.