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Fediverse is a portmanteau of "federation" and "universe".

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What do we call the Lemmy/Kbin Universe? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 1 year ago by ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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The lemmyverse sounds perfect, but it ignores alternatives like kbin etc. It would be better if we didn't end up with the situation we have with Mastodon where people assume Mastodon is the fediverse.

So, what do we call this little niche in the fediverse?

Communiverse? FediGroups?

#lemmy #kbin #fediverse #communiverse #FediGroups

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[–] Kichae@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know that I agree that just being heavy with product branding and trying to list interoperability as a feature really addresses the issue, but I 100% agree that "Fediverse" is an awful name.

But then, so is "world wide web". Or "Internet", for they matter. We get stuck with so many awful, awful names that sound like they were the idea of villains from a low budget 90s sci-fi tv show.

[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I’d guess that for early to mid 90s, World Wide Web was fine and Internet was actually good (remember the film “The Net”?). I was too young then to know though.