I have a number of Lemmy instances meant for discussion groups around specific topics. They are not being as used as I expected/hoped. I would like to set them up in a way that they can be owned by a consortium of different admins so that they are collectively owned. My only requirement: these instances should remain closed for registrations and used only to create communities.

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[–] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 7 points 1 day ago (8 children)

I'd be interested in hearing the thoughts of some admins - would !football@lemmy.world be interested in moving to [!football@soccer.forum](/c/football@soccer.forum), given the right organization?

I'm not the main mod of !football@lemmy.world so it's really not my decision to make, but moving the community to a domain with the word soccer in it is a tough pill to swallow. As silly as it may sound, there's a lot of people that don't like having football referred to as soccer.

Moving away from lemmy.world and their annoying VPN restrictions would be nice though.

[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 3 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

I had a feeling that would be an issue!

On the one hand, football@soccer would be a good compromise.

On the other, we're right, the Americans are wrong. Simple as that. So I sympathise with the lack of willingness to compromise on the matter.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Americans are wrong

Don't forget Australia, NZ, S Africa, and a few other places like Japan.

[–] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

How accurate is this map? If the Irish call football soccer, it would be most shocking thing I've learnt in 2024.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Just checked, they call it football. Like everyone with half a braincell.

[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 3 points 12 hours ago

I'm sure the Irish call it football when they speak English, but what about in Irish? If Google translate to Irish is trustable,

English to Irish Football = Peil

But also Soccer = Sacar

So maybe there's two accepted variants. But where does Pail come from anyway? Let's translate it back to English:

Peil = Very big potato

So most of the world plays football, some strange corners of it play soccer, and the Irish play very big potato.

I'd love if a native speaker could confirm this. #Irish #Gaeilge #football @gaeilge@a.gup.pe @football@a.gup.pe

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