A group of lemmings is called a "slice".
If we're not going for community I'd vote for this.
this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2023
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I like slice! A slice of life... A slice of the lemmingverse π
I like it.
Personally I prefer Community, it is nicely neutral and conveys the correct message I think. If people think that's too broad, then "sub" is a solid short option.
I upvote "sublems" or "sublemmies".
Lemmings... Yup. I like that.
Lemmings should refer to the users
Agreed.
I like slice.
A sublemmy?
Why not just community? It's already called a community everywhere on the instances and its /c/ in the url. Imo it should start with a C no matter what
People always referred to subreddits as a sub or community anyway. Easy.
Ok, so cum for short then?
cunts
But subreddits are called Subreddits and have the format /r/subreddit_name.
Also, community is in my opinion
- too long to type out for something we will be using very often
- the word already has a meaning
It might be better to simply use another dedicated word
I understand, but theyre called subreddits by reddit. Lemmy calls them communities all over the instances. If the users suddenly start calling them something else it would get confusing
How about "cub".
Like, "we need a cub for this".
i don't think you know the meaning behind that word and i don't want to be the one that tells you...
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Haha, Lemmunity was my first thought.
(also, my first comment here!)
I like the idea of a Slice!
Community is fine, please, no cutesy nicknames.
Lem
plural: Lems
Slice!
Good question. Similarly I was talking with someone the other day about what a user should be called (Lemming?) and what the act of using Lemmy might be called (also lemming!)
I like Lemmunity :-)
Mlems
...No, hear me out. If we're lemmings, therefore lems, a community is many lems. So mlems. Also it's catchy.
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Hexbear uses "comm"
lemon
Lemmiers
Lemming
You need a single syllable alternative. "Sub" existed for Reddit, guessing "Lem" is the only option available here.
What about "com"
In hindsight, I expect it'll just remain "sub". Neither "com" nor "lem" are good enough to not just re-use "sub".
Commy
(Yea, this isn't going to go well with the ~~Ammys~~ Americans)
I kinda like βLemonβ.
Summy?
If Subreddit -> Sub...
Then Community -> Commune ?
Seems apt given the developer's political leanings. But it wouldn't be as inviting to neutral users, so 'sub' seems to be fine to me.
I liked your wifes suggestion of Sublemmit, but I would compact it more and perhaps call it a Sublem? Much quicker to type out.
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