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What if we called instances providers? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Irelephant@lemm.ee to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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It would tie in better with the email analogy, and it could show that they all just provide access to the same network.

What do you think?

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[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Sure, go ahead. Technically it's not 100% correct. I mean lemm.ee wouldn't be your provider, it'd be the people operating the server who provide the service to you... But I think it's close enough. Only issue I can see is the term "provider" usually being used with commercial services. Like a cellphone provider or ISP. So I'm not sure if people start to think this costs $10 a month or something and is run by for-profit businesses... But we also use the word "provider" for free things, so I'm not entirely sure about that. But generally speaking I think we use different terminology because we don't think of the Fediverse as a product.