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Piefedi, lemmy, fediverse? I want to share them as reddit alternatives but their naming is super cringe. Did people find Reddit’s naming choice poor in the beginning?

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[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Yes? Should I not? "insta" as in instanteous, and "gram" as in a telegram. This is a name rooted in already understood language to give me an understanding of what it is at first encounter. Bard, same, something that tells a story, I'd assume. But I've never seen it before so /shrug.

"Lemmy" means nothing to me.

Fediverse is good. "Verse" to the end of anything suggests it's own ecosystem, or "universe," and Fedi for federation. Makes sense.

[–] small44@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Instagram make sense but it's not catchy and use the name of a very old tech. I wonder how many young people still know about telegraphy machines. You are right m abiut mastodon but i think it's still catchy and easy to remember

[–] Kumasousa@lemmy.zip -1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I mean, Lemmy just follows the same logic as Reddit, it's the mascot name

[–] pleasestopasking@reddthat.com 4 points 4 days ago

The reddit mascot's name is Snoo. The name comes from the wordplay–"I read it on reddit"