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Very difficult to discuss with the fiance without know the terminology yet lol

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[–] EnglishMobster@kbin.social 37 points 1 year ago (14 children)

On Lemmy, they are "communities".

On Kbin, they are "magazines". I am told that "magazine" is a pun in Polish (Kbin's maintainer is Polish).

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

If they're called "magazines", then I'm calling them "clips" for short.

[–] fuzzyshark@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think I prefer "zines" as a shortened form of "magazines."
"Clips" sounds more like a post within a magazine.

[–] BreadDog@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Ohh, I like zines as a shortened version

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