I sometimes forget tbh.
Comms is a pretty good word imo.
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I'm not calling them comms. find a better word if you don't want to hear me say subs
Also we subscribe to them, so they're subs just as easily as comms. I never use subreddit or /r/ because those don't belong here, but you can easily replace /r/ with /c/.
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I vote for sublemmy
Subs is fine by me, but /r is not.
Not the most creative method but I'll say something like 'over at [community hyperlink].' Others have pointed out that you use "/c/" as a replacement of "r/."
Remember the people who tried "sublemmys" or something stupid like that
I member! (it's mee, I call them sublemmys)
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Instead of "sub" , I propose "dom".
Please like and domscribe
As the singular authority on nicknames for communities, I'll allow it.
As I have been calling them sublemmys because it amuses me, the change to domlemmys should be an easy one.
Subs, for subcommunity. COME AT ME!
Listen, "comms" is a terrible name for this concept. I'm calling them subs until something better comes along.
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Calling them subs just like I call safe spots in every soulslike a bonfire.
I just hate when anyone uses a name that signifies they use some site - lemmings, imgurians, redditors, whatever. I am no more a lemming than I am a reader for reading books or an eater for having dinner.
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Eh, I don't know that this is something we need to gatekeep about to be honest. "Comms" doesn't really roll off the tongue so if people want to keep saying "subs" I'm not going to correct them, it's not like anyone would misconstrue what they mean. Plus we can't even settle for a name amongst ourselves with Mbin keeping on referring to them as "magazines".
Sub is fine to me in both contexts. sub(scriptions) or sub(forums) but "sublemmy" or variation just feel forced to me
What if we refer to them as cums?
I think that's phonetically correct.
I think this actually works really well for the concept of "Lemmy tell you" "Lemmy show you". Lemmy cum.
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/c/onstabularies
this just makes me want a sandwich
I know it's a joke but there are probably users who get genuinely angry and unleash all kinds of undeserved abuse when they see this. Old habits are hard to break, so let's be human.
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Using "lemmings" is arguably more wrong - there are plenty of people on the fediverse who are not using lemmy.
Excellent [counter-]point.
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I’m ok with subs because you subscribe to communities, but yeah I have had to unlearn some habits from reddit
Genuine question as a former Redditer what are they called here on Lemmy?
Sadly, Reddit grabbed the cool names and concepts first
Hey, I'm on a *Bin instance. I'll call them "magazines" and you'll like it.
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To be fair, most of us have been "that lemming" at one point or another.
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