Lemmy, what do you call users of Lemmy?
I like lemmings but it might be a bit derogatory. Even with that I still think it's better than 'redditors', which always sounded/looked goofy to me.
Any ideas? What do we call Lemmy users?
My current vote is for lemmings. I think it's cute.
Lemmons
I tried transforming the word Lemmy in the same way as demonyms for countries ending in Y just to see how it'd shake out.
Anything calling to anyone? 😅
Germany -> Germans -> Lemmans
Para/Uruguay -> Para/Uruguayans -> Lemmyans
Muscovy -> Muscovites -> Lemmites
Hungary -> Hungarians -> Lemmians
Norway -> Norwegians -> Lemmegians?
Turkey -> Turks? -> Lemms?
Lemmites is the best one
Lemmites and Lemmegians are best
We could go with federators as we are now part of the fediverse, then we can also include mastodonians
Lemmings
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I think the hivemind has already spoken, but damn, I wish it was Lemons.
Lemminkäinen?
Lemurs. Hence the Jerboa app icon
I think the Jerboa icon is a Jerboa
Given the rodent theming, lemmings is appropriate. It's also slightly self-deprecating, which is a plus when it comes to community monikers.
Most of the people migrating from Reddit wouldn’t have much of a problem with self-depreciation.
Lols
Not a fan of lemmings, since everything we know about them in popular culture is incorrect - they don't commit mass suicide - and is suicide really the image we want for ourselves? @Lemminary has the right idea.
I didn't think that about lemmings
It's a myth popularized by Walt Disney in a documentary where they made the claim and dumped a bunch of lemmings off a cliff into the sea to prove they did just that.
I think Lemmings is great because it's not something any PR team would approve of. It feels completely unincorporated.
Reporter: [REDACTED]
Reason: Rule 1. And 5.1
Who knows what this reporter thinks they’re reporting 🤷
The suicidal overtone is a huge turnoff for me.
If it makes you feel better, lemmings don't actually commit suicide like you're imagining and Disney made it all up. They basically threw lemmings off a cliff to get the footage they wanted.
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