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What does kbin mean? Why is kbin.social called that? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by Comment105@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Is it just random letters arrived to by keyboard mashing like a lot of federated websites seem, or is there any thought behind it?

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[–] wrath-sedan@kbin.social 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Ernest has actually said that the name "magazine" isn't gun related and that it's a reference "to the virtual edition of a late 90s gaming newspaper" (see this thread and my other comment for the full story)

Someone in that thread also explains that in Polish the names are different:

Polish word "magazyn" means storage or newspaper, but "magazynek " is a gun mag.

EDIT: Didn't word good.

[–] nan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

This just changed my whole worldview.