A lot of people say fedditors but that sounds way too derivative of reddit

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I don’t think “lemmings” is a very appropriate name, considering the potentially harmful implications of blind misguided movement and lack of individuality.

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I think “lemmings” is a very appropriate name because it is funny because of those potentially harmful implications.

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Those implications being, don’t trust big corporations as they will round you up and dump you over the side of a cliff to sell sad story and profit off your suffering? Yup, I agree, seems appropriate here.

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“New viral cliff-jumping challenge linked back to Lemmy; a place where it’s users call themselves ‘Lemmings’…”

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Um… so very appropriate? considering what reddit was.

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I find myself ok with the Lemming appellation

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It’s absolutely appropriate and approved. Hey guys, we’ve asked lemmings.

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