It would tie in better with the email analogy, and it could show that they all just provide access to the same network.

What do you think?

  • XNX@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Servers are a better word for it imo. It is what it actually is and average people already understand servers from discord

  • Jupiter Rowland@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Go ahead. Try to force that upon Friendica that has called its instances “nodes” for almost 15 years now.

    Or Hubzilla that not only calls them “hubs” but also resists any and all cultural or technological influences from anything that wasn’t created by Mike Macgirvin.

    Also <insert Morpheus here> what if I told you that (streams) and Forte call them “communities”? You know, like Lemmy’s and PieFed’s “subreddits”?

  • misk@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    1·
    5 months ago

    I’m afraid that when I say „my Lemmy provider” people will think I’m referring to my drug dealer.

  • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I like it. The reasoning’s good.

    I hate the term “instance”. It’s hopelessly geeky (it derives from object-oriented programming). It brings to mind nerds and gamers in basements.