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.

  • Silverseren@kbin.social
    19·
    1 year ago

    You didn’t actually. You posted to Kbin. Because this thread is on Kbin, even if you’re reading it on Lemmy. Which is kind of OP’s point.

      • CheshireSnake@iusearchlinux.fyi
        7·
        1 year ago

        Well said. If you want to mean all the things connected to ActivityPub, you say Fediverse. If it’s restricted to lemmy, it’s fine to use lemmy. Absolutely nothing wrong with that. OP saying it borders on ignorance may have to think about it.

        I use lemmy. I don’t really care for nor use other Fediverse services like Mastodon.

      • Silverseren@kbin.social
        6·
        1 year ago

        Wouldn’t every viewed copy anywhere then be a saved copy of the original post? Does that distinction even mean anything when it’s still posting specifically to the original instance?

        If I reply in a Lemmy.world thread, I’m still posting on Lemmy.world even if I’m viewing from Kbin.social.

        As a comparative example to old and dying social media, it would be like finding a link to a celebrity’s Twitter comment on Reddit and you saying you saw the person saying that on Reddit, which would be extremely misleading to anyone listening, thinking that the celebrity had posted it on Reddit.

        • Kichae@kbin.social
          2·
          1 year ago

          No, you’re posting on kbin.social. You’re never ever doing anything directly on a remote site. You view on k-so, you vote on k-so, you post on k-soc, and you comment on k-soc. Your actions are then, at some later point (which may be microseconds, or it may be hours, depending on traffic levels on both k-soc and the remote website), relayed to the remote website so the two copies of the community can be synchronised.