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[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 15 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Where's the increase coming from? Users changing from Lemmy or new users to the theadiverse? (I fucking hate that word)

i heard its being promoted on reddit, could be from there.

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

(I fucking hate that word)

Not the biggest fan either, but nobody has better alternative. Compared to Forumverse, Threadiverse is a bit better.

Also a few threads on !fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com and !fedigrow@lemmy.zip

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Community-verse? Groupiverse? Topicverse? Lol

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Exactly why Threadiverse isn't too bad xD

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] turboSnail@piefed.europe.pub 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah... That works in the context where people actually share links. Various news communities definitely fit that description, but then there are several discussion communities where links aren't the main point. Take ask lemmy or no stupid questions for example. Oh, and then there are also picture communities like superbowl.

Lumping all of them together with "link aggregator" platforms doesn't fit very well. From a historical perspective that's fine though. As far as I know, Reddit started as a link aggregator, and diversified later.

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

yea I was just joking lol, there was recently a discussion about how join-lemmy was still saying "link aggregator" and everyone thought it was a terrible description

https://lemmy.ml/post/41719890

[–] turboSnail@piefed.europe.pub 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But I guess that's still technically correct, the best kind of correct. Still sounds odd, but I guess it kinda works as long as you use the term because of historical reasons.

Regardless, now that Lemmy/Piefed has become such diverse platforms, it's getting harder to nail it down into a single convenient term.

I think the defining feature of these platforms is the topic focused approach. On Mastodon, you care about the people who write whatever, while on Lemmy/Piefed, you care about a topic written by whoever.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

Also Mbin, nodeBB, and perhaps flarum.

Threaded conversations = Threadiverse. Hierarchical replies.

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[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I don't see why it has to end in verse. Like, boardnet sounds good (in my opinion), board network, because Lemmy/piefed is a network of boards.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe this is showing my age and the association will not materialize in the minds of younger people, but boardnet makes me think of a bunch of old-school phpBB message board forums.

[–] greybeard@feddit.online 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The forums I visited in those days was threaded, with trees to view commons. It was a proto version of the way Lemmy/Piefed/Reddit comments work, you just could only see one comment at a time. I never liked the flat style of PHPBB and the like.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Really? I don't have any memories of forums like that, only the old school flat threads with one comment at a time in chronological order.

[–] greybeard@feddit.online 1 points 1 day ago

It wasn't a common format for sure. It was the forums for BYOND, a "game engine" specifically designed to make multiplayer games easily. You could think of it as a proto roblox.

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 1 points 1 day ago

I kinda like that actually

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The social web is the grown up sounding alternative I guess.

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 4 points 1 day ago

People will think the social Web is existing social networks

That also encompasses microblogs like mastodon, and bluesky.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

Nobody loves it, but fewer people including several major contributors seem to hate it than any alternative.

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It might be nice if The Verse won. It won't, and it shouldn't, but it's a nice thought regardless:-).

[–] recursive_recursion@piefed.ca 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If you hate the term threadiverse I'd happily recommend fediverse!🌻

[–] sik0fewl@piefed.ca 15 points 2 days ago

Threadiverse is a subset of the fediverse, though.

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 9 points 2 days ago

You still can't follow a Mastodon user from Lemmy or Piefed. The compatibility exists but is definitely not the same level than Mbin/Piefed/Lemmy

Both words describe different concepts.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago

Please don't be bots....