Curious to know, I’d heard “lemming” used in a semi derogatory way, since “a person who unthinkingly joins a mass movement, especially a headlong rush to destruction” is the dictionary definition. It seems to be the first thing to come to mind as to what you’d call a Lemmy user.
This platform certainly is embodying a mass movement to get off of reddit, and I’m definitely all for it! But I can’t help but feel this could be one of those baby names that sounded cute and catchy but could be bullied later into life. What are your thoughts?
Why tie your identity to it at all? There doesn’t need to be a collective name for lemmy users.
Is an email user an emailer? Is a reader of RSS feeds a RSS’er? Are discord users discorders? Or signal users signallers?
(Note: Not actually sure if discord users call themselves something)
No, they don’t call themselves anything on Discord, they are too busy arguing with their moms.