What does it mean to be called a Lemming?
dictionary.com
«A person who follows the will of others, especially in a mass movement, and heads straight into a situation or circumstance that is dangerous, stupid, or destructive.»
So i guess we are in the midst of a lemmingrun right now!
I honestly don't think this platform specific language needs to stick around. I really think a lot of that originated as marketing and has always felt somewhat unnatural to me. Particularly because the threadiverse/fediverse is made up of many interconnecting platforms it's pretty clear that these terms will cause more friction than anything else.
This is also why I prefer lemmy's communities to kbin's magazines. Communities feels more like a universal description while magazines feels like platform specific language.
This is it, imo. Especially because mastodon and kbin federate as well, trying to make an identity out of “lemmy” doesn’t really work.
anyone play the lemmings series of computer games back in the 1990s?
Was it about lemmings jumping off a cliff and into the unknown? 😁
lolyep, quite often it was, and they usually wouldn't survive the fall but just go splash
As a former member of a gaming community who unleashed the lemmingrun tactic on their enemy, i concur.
I played them on the Amiga, and they were great
Woot!!! Banzai! Kowabunga!!! Hurrah!
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/white-wilderness-lemming-suicide/
Might have something to do with this?