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Discussion of language about Lemmy. (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by C4Phoenix@lemmy.world to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
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I feel like a much talked about criticism of getting started with Lemmy is that the 'average person' doesn't understand it. I see a lot of technical people, myself included, use words that the 'average person' shies away from. Mentioning concepts like servers and Fediverse requires some background knowledge. I propose we start using 'providers' instead of servers, as it helps understand the function of it instead of the implementation. There might be more words that could be confusing, so let's have a conversation about them. Are there any you recognize as being able to be simplified, or is this a non issue?

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[–] C4Phoenix@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I like the word 'Home' gives me old school internet vibes. But I fear it too would be abstract if providers is abstract. But home sounds exciting in the way that you could explore the 'not home' instances.