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Kbin and Lemmy should come to a consensus on how to name stuff (feddit.de)
submitted 3 years ago* by to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social
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Is there really a reason, for example, for there to be the distinction of "magazine" and "community"? When you're federating, the same features should be called the same, if close enough. That way everyone can talk with everyone about stuff and we all immediately understand each other.

Would also alleviate confusion for any new adopters.

^I'm pretty sure this is going to be impossible though, since each sides egos will likely get in the way :D^

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[–] 34 points 3 years ago (4 children)

Well, both of them are much more sensical at a glance than "subreddit." Subreddit only makes sense because of how long we've been using the term, if you came to it without prior knowledge it'd be hard to figure out the meaning.

I do agree that "magazine" is pretty terrible, though. There's no meaningful analogy between what we're doing here (threaded conversations on a particular topic) and what's in a magazine. "Community" isn't terrible, IMO, if it comes down to it I'd much prefer that one.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago

    Magazine makes sense in the bigger picture when you think about. Let's break it down.

    Microblog -> post. Makes sense you are posting a micro blog.
    Lemmy has no concept of microblogging. So is fine using community and post naming.

    Now why magazine? If you can't use post then you need an alternative and that's where article comes in. You submit an article of 4 types but what should these be in. You probably could get away with collections but something that also has articles, a magazine.

    Qed magazines name (note all of this is completely made up and my justification for magazine)

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    If I remember correctly subreddits actually used to be just "reddits".

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago*

    Yup. When Reddit launched it was just front page, now known as the (closed down) r/reddit.com. The second they opened was nsfw, third was politics.
    Subreddits were launched three years later when they allowed users to start creating their own reddits on reddit - aka sub-reddits.

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