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I don't think many people understand that if they use Lemmy or kbin, they are posting to the fediverse. There are other platforms and will be more to come. Referring to a post on "Lemmy" or "kbin" is like saying you saw a post on your Windows or Mac computer.

We should be referring to it as...

  • I saw it on the fediverse.
  • Hey fediverse users ...
  • A thread on the fediverse...

New terms may emerge but referring to the platform seems weird, almost ignorant.

edit: A better example is email. You wouldn't assume everyone is on Hotmail because that is the email provider you use. You say I'm sendingan eamail, not I'm sending a Hotmail.

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[–] Silverseren@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (14 children)

But you are posting on a Kbin thread right now, not a Lemmy thread. So you're not "on Lemmy World" when you're viewing this thread.

[–] WaltJRimmer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (7 children)

No. I am on Lemmy.World right now viewing a KBin thread. My entire interaction here is through Lemmy.World and not KBin. So for me to say, "I was on KBin arguing with someone," would be factually incorrect because I am not on KBin. It would be factually correct to say, "I was on the Fediverse arguing with someone," but since the Fediverse has different forms, that interaction itself could take several forms and context does sometimes matter. There's nothing wrong with the more generic The Fediverse, but there's also nothing wrong with stating which instance you're using to be more specific.

[–] Silverseren@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But the person you were arguing with wasn't arguing with you on Lemmy.world, so that's misleading on where the argument was taking place.

If someone took you at your word and looked on Lemmy.world in specific, they would not be able to find the argument in question, because it was taking place in a Kbin.social thread.

[–] bvanevery@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

The battlecruisers were out arguing in neutral space, in the verse.

The cruisers' home ports were planet Lemmy and planet Kbin.

Unfortunately half the galaxy was destroyed in the ensuing exchange.

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