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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (5 children)

What to call this stuff...

Jokingly:
webweb, 'cause it's a web of websites.
cross-fora, 'cause they're like cross-posts but entire forums.
newsvents, 'cause a lot of the activity is venting in news post comments. ๐Ÿ˜‰
memecycling centers, 'cause it's a lot of reposts of old memes/shitposts.

Realistically:
Whatever instance/site I'm directing someone to.

stick-in-the-mud-tangentI'd never tell someone to go to WordPress if I was telling them to go to a site built with Wordpress, that'd be silly and out of touch. It'd also be out of touch to use some jargon that means nothing to them like "threadiverse".

All the pointing to these backends as though they're platforms like the corporate platforms shows how much they've conditioned people into thinking in their terms. The major benefit to these backends is they're more open, enabling greater mobility between the instances of them/sites built with them.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I read this as Plemmy (pronounced like Phlegmy?) and was like "ew, no!"

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (12 children)

idk, fediverse seems fine to me

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

I would say Men of Low Moral Fibre but that's not inclusive...

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (4 children)

On a more serious note (compared to my previous comments), I don't think this is a good idea. While it has the best of intentions, it only leads to further fragmention and confusion.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I gotta admit Im already fragmented and confused

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

fwiw, Welcome to the Fediverse! Is there anything in particular that has you kerflumoxed?

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