• hitstun@fedia.io
    21·
    13 days ago

    Just call it “Lemmy”.

    Call Mbin, Piefed, and Friendica “Lemmy-compatible”.

    I thought about this for a while. Just tell the masses to try Lemmy. It’s the most polished and the easiest to understand.

    More techy users who want more can consider other Lemmy-compatible software. There’s Mastodon-compatible software like Sharkey and Iceshrimp but we generally associate microblogs with Mastodon. So, generally associate communities with Lemmy.

  • fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.comMEnglish
    0·
    1 month ago

    Feditriad/feditrinity???

    Jk. I think forumverse works fine, i guess. Threadi sounds weirder imo but that’s just personal opinion

  • ericjmorey@discuss.onlineEnglish
    0·
    1 month ago

    I generally don’t. I don’t find it to be a useful grouping to reference or discuss.

    Try piefed.social
    Try Discuss.online
    Try beehaw.org
    Try programming.dev
    I’m always referring to one, never the group.

    • Draconic NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      I wouldn’t point them to Beehaw though, their segregated nature and difficult onboarding process make it less welcoming for newcomers to the Fediverse.

      lemmy.blahaj.zone is a better choice for people who want LGBTQ friendly spaces.

      • ericjmorey@discuss.onlineEnglish
        1·
        1 month ago

        I think this is a great illustration of my point. I like the culture beehaw.org has established more than what lemmy.blahaj.zone has encouraged. And I don’t particularly care about “the fediverse”. I care about the online communities I engage with.

        Everyone is different and I make my recommendation based on what I think the person I’m making recommendations to would like most.

  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.zipEnglish
    0·
    1 month ago

    Threadiverse is a terrible name, the most immediate word association is Threads, ostensibly a large corporate competitor, and the most immediate search result is a geeky/nerdy tshirt/merch company.

    Better names?

    Fuck uh… I dunno.

    Lemmyverse

    Lemmy and Friends

    Reddit Asylum Seekers Club (RASCL?)

    The front page of Web 4.0

    Fediverse’s Fractious Forums

    ???

    • OpenStars@piefed.socialEnglish
      0·
      1 month ago

      A lot of people from Reddit refuse to come here due to the association with tankies, as evidenced in the name Lemmy.

      Also PieFed has little to do with Lemmy, except being interoperable with it, like K/Mbin. And Sublinks will introduce newer even more complicated terminology as in “the instance formerly using Lemmy, now having switched over to Sublinks”:-).

      Anyway we already have both Lemmy and Fediverse, so the purpose of this third name is to represent the not-just-Lemmy portion of the Fediverse. Threadiverse is a horrible name… but the only one people seem willing to use. Forumverse?

      Threads is dead, maybe we should finally just let it go? Oh, and use of Threadiverse predated that existing in any case. It’s solidly our term, not theirs… if we want it.