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Can the term 'link aggregator' be changed to 'decentralized forum' (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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Or another term which is more descriptive. This is the first thing people see when they type in Lemmy

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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think link aggregator is fine, and most descriptive of what lemmy is. Its a place to post links to communities, and allows for comments on those links.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    Nobody knows what the term means. Even Wikipedia doesn't describe Reddit as a link aggregator. For potential new users this is a massive turn off. Unless we want Lemmy to stay a niche community it needs to accommodate to layman terms.

    Most people who land on the join Lemmy page don't even know what the Fediverse is.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    you mean Lemmy isn't a digg-like?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago

    I mean that someone made up the term "link aggregator" without realizing whether it was an accurate term to describe what it was. Or what it would become.

    Eventually it grew far past a simple link posting site. What made Reddit and Digg popular was the user interaction. Not link aggregatition. It was a giant forum with many subforums. That is the simplest way to describe it for laymen. And a description should be for laymen.

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