Reddit is called as such because “I read it on Reddit”

    • glvss
      26•2 years ago

      As a metal fan, both Lemmy and Mastodon give me a little chuckle every time I think of their names.

    • agentsac
      18•2 years ago

      Lemmy Koopa was actually named after Lemmy from Motörhead. In fact, most of the Koopalings were named after musicals.

      • @[email protected]
        1•2 years ago

        Huh. I didn’t know that. To be honest, I didn’t know that there was a Koopa named Lemmy until I looked at their github either. I’ve never played Mario.

      • @MiddleWeigh
        1•2 years ago

        Lemmy. the man, the myth, the musical.

  • darkhog
    14•2 years ago

    Why is kbin called like something KDE developers would use to parse their binaries?

    • iAmTheTot
      1•2 years ago

      I believe kbin is a little bit of a pun on a polish gun name.

  • Zamboniman
    8•2 years ago

    Somebody liked the Motörhead rock band, maybe (Lead vocalist’s name was Lemmy)?

    • deejay4am
      1•2 years ago

      Trick question, Lemmy is god!

  • BobQuasit
    3•2 years ago

    …so it’s nothing to do with Lemmiwinks, then?

    I am disappointed.

    • I_Miss_Daniel
      3•2 years ago

      It’ll probably become an instance one day… Or does ‘winks’ have to be a TLD for that to be possible?

  • @JoeKrogan
    2•2 years ago

    I wish it was called Lenny after the Simpsons character. Then kbin could be Carl

  • Books
    2•2 years ago

    Anyone got a link to a quick primer on how lemmy/kbin are related? I thought they were different sites?, but it seems they are not?

    • BiggestBulb
      4•2 years ago

      They ARE different sites, but they’re federated. Basically, sites on the Fediverse (the nickname for the group of sites which share this functionality) can communicate. So, for example, Mastadon, Lemmy and kbin are all on the Fediverse, so they can communicate (when sites on the Fediverse are able to communicate, people say they are “federated”).

      Let me give you an example!

      Say you’re on Mastadon and you post something. That post will be visible to users on Lemmy and kbin, and people from Lemmy and kbin can comment and interact with it (since they all share the same protocol). Lemmy / kbin users will not have the 400 character limit Mastadon has, but they will still be able to interact.

      Same thing if you make a post on Lemmy - on the whole, the Fediverse will be able to see your posts. Same with your comment here (Lemmy users can see it. For an example of a comment from another site, check out Stux’s comment below - they are from Mastadon)

      They are all distinct apps with distinct features, they just can communicate with each other. Imagine it like Twitter and Facebook could see each others’ posts.

      Now, some instances of Lemmy and kbin (basically, some servers of them) are blocked from federation with others on the Fediverse (aka, recently Beehaw - a Lemmy instance - blocked another Lemmy instance) but that is on a per-instance basis.