What if we called instances providers?
What if we called instances providers?
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?
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XNX @slrpnk.net
Servers are a better word for it imo. It is what it actually is and average people already understand servers from discord
16 0 Replyunhrpetby @sh.itjust.works Discord servers are just groups. Lemmy "instances" are actual separate instances of Lemmy communicating.
6 1 ReplyXNX @slrpnk.net
I know. What im saying is the word server isnt too technical and is both easier to understand and technically correct
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running_system @feddit.org "Average people" don't even know what Discord is
3 1 ReplyDonald J. Musk @hilariouschaos.com
Servers are a better word for it imo.
Agreed. When I explain Lemmy to my friends I describe instances as "servers."
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