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I feel like I'm going to refer to these places as ActivityPub in the future because I feel like kbin, lemmy, and beehaw sound a bit silly.
Fediverse also sounds like it gets the wrong idea across to a regular person ("does it have to do with 'the feds'?")
I personally like Mastodon, but last time I namedropped it, people were like "ohh, I love that band"
I feel like we're in a naming crisis haha
There's also threadiverseπ
Oh hey, I like sewing too!
/jk
I think this name is pretty apt
You don't have to threaten people to express yourself poetically π
I'll respectfully disagree here; activitypub isn't catchy and it's too many syllables. Kbin lemmy and beehaw all pass the "correct-number-of-syllables-and-memorable-without-being-common-words" test.
But I prefer fediverse overall anyway. I'll tell people that i use the fediverse and made my account using kbin. i think that says it all, really.
Yeah ActivityPub is too long, agree there... maybe ActiPub, that sounds sweet π.
π¬... you might have to do some more explaining with some people π.
It's short for federated universe... I like the term actually, but hey, we don't get to choose the name as far as I know.
Yeah, also love the band to be honest π... but sure, if it was said in context of a social media networks convesation, I'd get what you're trying to say... or at least ask "not the band, right", lol π.
Naaah... how do you think Linux users felt when they started using it and found command names like cat, grep, tar π.
yeah I mean, we know that.
~~it was deadass on /r/technology~~ my bad /r/worldnews when people were talking about twitter alternatives
I don't even know why I got so many upvotes considering nobody ever corrected them
Lol, that is interesting π. Maybe they saw the reply, decied to google, saw what you're talking about and then went "mmmm, this is some good info, upvote... nevermind these fuckers in the replies, let them suffer" π.
Amazon? You mean the rainforest?
Yahoo? Like a crazy person? Did you misspell the drink?
Sorry, you just tweeted? You mean like a bird?
Tumblr? Oh, facebook for acrobats, right?
Most names sound weird or confusing until you're familiar with it. A googol is a number, but nobody bats an eye when you tell people to "google" something.
Very good point
Fediverse also makes it sound like some weird Metaverse thing, which isn't ideal either.
That's actually the only thing that keeps me from saying it.
I wish we could popularize "the Federation"
I want to drink FediWiskey at ActivityPub!
Oh, nice play there, lol, love it π.
Welcome to open software and systems. Ultra-talented and motivated people, but not a single marketer or good UI designer to be found.
I've been using an image editing program for the last 20 years whose acronym spells out "G.I.M.P.".
I wonder what Lemmy users are to be called. I've seen lemmings.
That's exactly why I cringe every time I read it
Yeah Leviathan is a masterpiece though people are a little harsh on Emperor of Sand... What're we talking about again?