I don’t think many people understand that if they use Lemmy or kbin, they are posting to the fediverse. There are other platforms and will be more to come. Referring to a post on “Lemmy” or “kbin” is like saying you saw a post on your Windows or Mac computer.
We should be referring to it as…
- I saw it on the fediverse.
- Hey fediverse users …
- A thread on the fediverse…
New terms may emerge but referring to the platform seems weird, almost ignorant.
edit: A better example is email. You wouldn’t assume everyone is on Hotmail because that is the email provider you use. You say I’m sendingan eamail, not I’m sending a Hotmail.
Allow people to enjoy their experience here. When you start going down this path, you are confusing the user base that’s still learning a whole new platform. When I first got here, I said a lot of the same stuff, that I was a Lemmy world member, etc.
edit: A better example is email. You wouldn’t assume everyone is on Hotmail because that is the email provider you use. You say I’m sendingan eamail, not I’m sending a Hotmail.
Umm, no.
Hotmail is like a single Lemmy instance, not the entirety of Lemmy.
Why not “lemmyverse” for lemmy federation?
I think just Lemmy, kbin, mastodon, etc. naturally implies the platform-specific -verse, doesn’t it? I think “Hey, Lemmy–” posts addressing the entire fediverse are being accidentally myopic, but “Hey, Lemmy [users]” would be understandable, given a need to discuss our UI differences. The former is fairly common atm, though, which I admit is faintly annoying to see on my kbin feed. I feel so left out.
Are you implying that defederation is a myth? Since the flow of data between instances is conditional on the instances. they are relevant.
So can I log into a lemmy app with my kbin details ? Or do I have to sign up on lemmy ?