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.

    • Cat@kbin.socialOP
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      1 year ago

      Bang links work for users on Kbin.

      If that is Lemmy creating the URL or kbin seeing the bang format and using it, I don’t know… off to find out :-)

      edit: experimenting here !kbin
      edit2: I think Lemmy is creating a regular link out of that. My bang above was not auto converted on kbin.