geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to Fediverse@lemmy.ml · 2 days agoCan the term 'link aggregator' be changed to 'decentralized forum'lemmy.mlimagemessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up130arrow-down1imageCan the term 'link aggregator' be changed to 'decentralized forum'lemmy.mlgeneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to Fediverse@lemmy.ml · 2 days agomessage-square18linkfedilinkfile-text
Or another term which is more descriptive. This is the first thing people see when they type in Lemmy
minus-squareSemperverus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoLemmy was built as a clone of Reddit, but federated. Reddit is and has always been called a link aggregator. Lemmy technically aggregates links to things as its primary function, and then allows us to talk about those links.
minus-squaregeneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·1 day agoThe term “link aggregator” is not descriptive of any function. Links are posted on any medium including chatrooms like Discord. Users can also make posts, such as this one, which do not contain external links. Thus this is a forum.
Lemmy was built as a clone of Reddit, but federated.
Reddit is and has always been called a link aggregator.
Lemmy technically aggregates links to things as its primary function, and then allows us to talk about those links.
The term “link aggregator” is not descriptive of any function. Links are posted on any medium including chatrooms like Discord.
Users can also make posts, such as this one, which do not contain external links. Thus this is a forum.