Kbinners? Binnies? Kbinators?

  • WytchStar@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I didn’t like the term “Redditor” and I don’t wanna be called anything based on what website I go to.

    For one thing, being called a “Redditor” was typically a negative. It was a dismissive. The “hive mind” and all that. I don’t wanna be associated with a “community vibe.” I just want to visit an aggregator that doesn’t have corporate baggage and an agenda.

    My thing is, we’re all just people. Using a web service. So that’s what I call us. People. On the internet. I don’t need or want some tribal moniker. Not here. Not across a decentralized system.

  • Blakerboy777@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I’ve been thinking about this for a little while now and I think Fedditor is the best choice.

    1. Between Kbin and Lemmy, there’s already two choices of software platforms for Reddit-esque link aggregators that work together. In the future there may be more. I think the term should be inclusive.
    2. Fedditor is play on redditor, a widely used term for users of the privately owned Reddit. A fedditor is a user of a Fediverse alternative.
    3. Since ActivityPub is an underlying protocol that interfaces with the rest of the Fediverse, I think emphasizing the Fediverse aspect and the “reddit-esque” aspect is more important than the specific software platform.
    4. People may use different terms for Kbin vs Lemmy vs future alternatives (or ones I just don’t know about), but they may also use different terms for the instance they use or for the magazine/group that they are a part of. I think if any term becomes widespread, it should be an inclusive term that fall underneath a more general term such as Fedditor.
    • solomoncaygnuyou@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      I like this idea. A term that is site-agnostic is a good idea since there are so many potential names for any given instance.

      There’s also just no elegant way to turn “kbins.social” into a term that rolls off the tongue. “k-beans” and similar terms are just awkward and I can’t see them being adopted en masse.

    • onepinksheep@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Fedditor sounds like a nice, platform-neutral term, but it might be a little too close to Reddit. I can’t think of an alternative, though. But your idea of a general Fediverse term rather than a platform specific one is good.

      • speck@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        Ooh, fedinauts is good. Definitely agree to prioritize something which doesn’t favor a particular instance and rather emphasizes the idea of the fediverse. Also, the ~nauts variations also connote a sort of star trek federation vibe, which suits this whole endeavor.

      • callyral@readit.buzz
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        1 year ago

        ooh! that’s so neat, specially fitting since fediverse implies a kind of universe to be explored by, well, fedinauts

    • gus@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Been here since just before the blackout and I’m not big on kbeans. First of all it sets us up to have a derogatory nickname, likely even unintentionally so. Secondly it has nothing to do with kbin other than vaguely resembling the word ‘bin’

      I’ve been partial to kbinaut. No one will question where we’re from. Keeps kbin in the name. And a bit more on theme as the ‘fediverse’ kinda has a loose space vibe to it and with kbinaut resembling astronaut

    • gus@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      I’m just gonna come out and say it because I think people don’t realize and it may be specific to US - if kbeans sticks we will be called “kbeaners” by trolls until the end of time, as it includes a racial slur aimed at hispanic/latino people

      Honestly I bet a fair amount of people will even unintentionally use it without realizing. And if we have the ability to choose, I’d rather our nickname not be something that invites people to easily combine it with a slur