Also in practice the sentences come out a bit unclear to me. “The fed that posted this clearly knew their stuff.” “Some feds just like to stir things up.”
Edit: that said, I think that’s a really good point about the need for a platform neutral term.
Mastodonians, Kbingers, and Fedizens are all superb. I’m not a fan of “feds” because it has another pretty common usage. I feel like whatever term is chosen should unambiguously evoke the fediverse.
The "fed" nickname was a bit facetious for exactly that reason. I just think it'd be funny for everyone to start calling eachother narcs. The internet is already full of that kind of fedjacketing, so why not embrace it?
Depends a little on what instance you're from. For example people from the one I'm on are sh.itheads. Besides that I've heard lemmings for lemmy and fedizens for the greater fediverse a lot. I've also heard karabiner for kbin users.
Its extra funny because redditors will definitely have a superiority complex about it. Look at those lemmings, all unthinkingly upvoting each other, unlike me, a profound and insightful redditor.
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BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works · 24 pts · 3y
Lemmings
skates@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 3y
This post is 2 years old, but I just wanted to point out how funny it is to call lemmy users lemmings.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/lemming#
moobythegoldensock@geddit.social · 2 pts · 3y
It was the same basic self-deprecating joke with reddit, just more explicit with the name on lemmy.
PretentiousDouche@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 3y
This is the only answer
wahming@monyet.cc · 10 pts · 3y
Given the existence of kbin and potentially others, we shouldn't be named something specific to lemmy.
We are obviously all feds
fresh@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y
“The feds” don’t have the best connotation…
Also in practice the sentences come out a bit unclear to me. “The fed that posted this clearly knew their stuff.” “Some feds just like to stir things up.”
Edit: that said, I think that’s a really good point about the need for a platform neutral term.
fresh@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y
Riffing off of another comment, I think it’s ok to have terms specific to each platform, and then a term for all platforms.
Platform specific:
Overall:
Running_Out_Of_Plans@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y
I mean, for Mastodon it's gotta be "Mastodonians"
Kbingers
Feds (as in "Everyone here is secretly a cop") or Fedizens
fresh@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y
Mastodonians, Kbingers, and Fedizens are all superb. I’m not a fan of “feds” because it has another pretty common usage. I feel like whatever term is chosen should unambiguously evoke the fediverse.
Running_Out_Of_Plans@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y
The "fed" nickname was a bit facetious for exactly that reason. I just think it'd be funny for everyone to start calling eachother narcs. The internet is already full of that kind of fedjacketing, so why not embrace it?
drmoose@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Lemons
darcy@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y
haha
jhoward@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 3y
Lemmydoers
lutillian@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y
Depends a little on what instance you're from. For example people from the one I'm on are sh.itheads. Besides that I've heard lemmings for lemmy and fedizens for the greater fediverse a lot. I've also heard karabiner for kbin users.
QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz · 0 pts · 5y
Lemmings of course.
AtomicGoddess@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 5y
I really like this one even if it does come with the implication that we are marching to our doom.
dessalines@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 5y
Its extra funny because redditors will definitely have a superiority complex about it. Look at those lemmings, all unthinkingly upvoting each other, unlike me, a profound and insightful redditor.