@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 1 year agoWhat noun/nouns do people use to refer to people that use Lemmy?message-square17fedilinkarrow-up142
arrow-up132message-squareWhat noun/nouns do people use to refer to people that use Lemmy?@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink39•edit-21 year agoAlmost always “Lemmings.” Reason is below. In a 2020 post, Lemmy’s co-creator Dessalines wrote about the origin of the name Lemmy. “It was nameless for a long time, but I wanted to keep with the fediverse tradition of naming projects after animals. I was playing that old-school game Lemmings, and Lemmy (from Motorhead) had passed away that week, and we held a few polls for names, and I went with that.”[8]
Almost always “Lemmings.” Reason is below.
In a 2020 post, Lemmy’s co-creator Dessalines wrote about the origin of the name Lemmy. “It was nameless for a long time, but I wanted to keep with the fediverse tradition of naming projects after animals. I was playing that old-school game Lemmings, and Lemmy (from Motorhead) had passed away that week, and we held a few polls for names, and I went with that.”[8]