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Lemmy, what do you call users of Lemmy? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by fomo_erotic@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I like lemmings but it might be a bit derogatory. Even with that I still think it's better than 'redditors', which always sounded/looked goofy to me.

Any ideas? What do we call Lemmy users?

My current vote is for lemmings. I think it's cute.

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[–] MonsieurHedge@lemmy.ml 111 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Given the rodent theming, lemmings is appropriate. It's also slightly self-deprecating, which is a plus when it comes to community monikers.

[–] PeefJerky@lemmy.ml 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Most of the people migrating from Reddit wouldn’t have much of a problem with self-depreciation.

[–] mrmanager 7 points 1 year ago

Lols

[–] john47@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

That’s maybe right haha

[–] fomo_erotic@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Huh. and i thought it was named after the guy from motorhead

[–] RequiemForWires@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Lemmy is God!

[–] tmpod@lemmy.pt 1 points 1 year ago

It's named after some things: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy#whys-it-called-lemmy

[–] pm_me_your_lofi@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

More poetic themes via Wikipedia “Lemmings also appear in Arthur C. Clarke's 1953 short story "The Possessed", where their suicidal urges are attributed to the lingering consciousness of an alien group mind, which had inhabited the species in the prehistoric past.”

The past mascot was an alien