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.

  • Silverseren@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    You didn’t actually. You posted to Kbin. Because this thread is on Kbin, even if you’re reading it on Lemmy. Which is kind of OP’s point.

    • NaN@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      I did, actually. My instance has a saved copy of the post, I replied to it there, it forwarded the information to Kbin.

      OPs point is dumb. Lemmy and Kbin are separate platforms that happen to be interoperable because of the backend protocol they’ve decided to use (which Kbin added relatively recently in the grand scheme). The Fediverse is made up of many of these platforms that are doing the same thing. There is nothing wrong with referring to the platform one is using.

      • CheshireSnake@iusearchlinux.fyi
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        1 year ago

        Well said. If you want to mean all the things connected to ActivityPub, you say Fediverse. If it’s restricted to lemmy, it’s fine to use lemmy. Absolutely nothing wrong with that. OP saying it borders on ignorance may have to think about it.

        I use lemmy. I don’t really care for nor use other Fediverse services like Mastodon.