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.

  • fishos@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    You’re missing the point. If I email you, are we talking ON Gmail? ON Hotmail? Not really. We’re using our different clients to interact with the same original message. Sure, the message gets converted to your emails specific formatting, but it’s just a copy of the original info. The message itself is the conversation, the clients are just access to it.

    You wouldn’t say “I drove my Honda to the store”. You’d say “I drove my car”.

    Nobody said “I’m browsing Apollo/Sync/RIF”. You’d say “I’m browsing Reddit” or “fuck spez”.

    You’re one step from being the mom that calls every video game system a “Nintendo”.

    • Walt J. Rimmer@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      You wouldn’t say “I drove my Honda to the store”.

      I have absolutely heard people talk like that, especially if they have multiple cars.

      Nobody said “I’m browsing Apollo/Sync/RIF”

      I used to say, “When I was on RIF.”