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Kbin and Lemmy should come to a consensus on how to name stuff (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Azzu I was so confused about kbin using "magazines"...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think this could all be solved easily with some quick onboarding explaining terms when a user signs up.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I agreee. With email, there’s different email websites I can use, but it would put me off if I made a gmail account, and everything was labelled differently there compared to thte other email websites.

Like if inbox was called something really strange, I just think it would put me off a lot. I use kbin, and even I think it would help if these were renamed. Kbin is new too! Only a month old, so I don’t even know if the developers felt strongly about calling it a magazine or just needed to label all of these in a way that made sense to them.

But yeah I try to be inclusive and use “communities/magazines” but it feels kind of ridiculous because it’s so long. I don’t even like “communities” because it is so long to type…I like “forums” for both. It makes sense because they are forums, and it’s short. I don’t mind “communities” though, and it would be so great if kbin wants to consider relabelling, but they technically also don’t have to and I still will use it.

But I still think it’s the smart thing to do to make it easier for others to use. Should try to decrease friction so people can use their tool to do other things, rather than spend so much time figuring out how to use the tool.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I don't think it matters. The whole point of federation is you can have systems with front end that looks like users want and backend still talk, so doesn't matter what the front end decides to call it's bits and bobs and is more a feature than a bug