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Coming from Reddit, the term subreddit was easy. Is there already a short name for Lemmy Communities?

Lemmity?

Lemmunity?

Sublemmit? (My wife's suggestion, now my current favorite.)

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[โ€“] trot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Hexbear uses "comm"

[โ€“] grin@grinnit.grin.hu 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] iso@lemmy.com.tr 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This has been used for "redditor" by now btw.

[โ€“] grin@grinnit.grin.hu 1 points 1 year ago

same thing....

[โ€“] burgersc12@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Why not just community? It's already called a community everywhere on the instances and its /c/ in the url. Imo it should start with a C no matter what

[โ€“] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Definitely should be community. And I was hoping we could all leave the 3rd grade humor behind on reddit

[โ€“] burgersc12@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

But third grade is where my humor peaked!

[โ€“] Thavron@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Yep. And can easily be shortened to com or comms.

[โ€“] thesalamander@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People always referred to subreddits as a sub or community anyway. Easy.

[โ€“] burgersc12@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok, so cum for short then?

[โ€“] FuryFaceofDoom@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I like the idea of a Slice!

[โ€“] SignusX@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 year ago

Sublemmy? Sublem?

[โ€“] JerkyIsSuperior@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Community is fine, please, no cutesy nicknames.

[โ€“] Ketram@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Personally I prefer Community, it is nicely neutral and conveys the correct message I think. If people think that's too broad, then "sub" is a solid short option.

[โ€“] HerculeanTardigrade@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lmao, everything sounds like LeBron naming memes or whatever it's called. ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] Yodadidas@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This reminds me of the good ol memes with "le me":

Rage comics were the golden age of memes, to be honest.

[โ€“] Lemon_Man@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lem

plural: Lems

[โ€“] toxicbubble@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Good question. Similarly I was talking with someone the other day about what a user should be called (Lemming?) and what the act of using Lemmy might be called (also lemming!)

I like Lemmunity :-)

[โ€“] tesfabpel@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

A sublemmy?

[โ€“] pinwurm@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

If Subreddit -> Sub...
Then Community -> Commune ?

Seems apt given the developer's political leanings. But it wouldn't be as inviting to neutral users, so 'sub' seems to be fine to me.

[โ€“] elonspez@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago
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