We don't do that here ✋

- Pretty much the same vibe around here too.
  
  Can't help but see ".ml" plastered over Chevy's face.
  
  I like to imagine I am a Troy or a Jeff or even a Shirley, but I'm really just a Leonard.
- Shout out to my very inactive Community community, !communitytv@lemmy.world.
- Remember the people who tried "sublemmys" or something stupid like that
  
  I member! (it's mee, I call them sublemmys)
- Calling them communities makes you streets ahead

Instead of "sub" , I propose "dom".
- Please like and domscribe
- As the singular authority on nicknames for communities, I'll allow it.
- As I have been calling them sublemmys because it amuses me, the change to domlemmys should be an easy one.

Eh, I don't know that this is something we need to gatekeep about to be honest. "Comms" doesn't really roll off the tongue so if people want to keep saying "subs" I'm not going to correct them, it's not like anyone would misconstrue what they mean. Plus we can't even settle for a name amongst ourselves with Mbin keeping on referring to them as "magazines".
- Sub is fine to me in both contexts. sub(scriptions) or sub(forums) but "sublemmy" or variation just feel forced to me
- What if we refer to them as cums?
  I think that's phonetically correct.
  
  I think this actually works really well for the concept of "Lemmy tell you" "Lemmy show you". Lemmy cum.
- Sub-comms. 😎
- Same. I call them comms, I've seen someone call them munnis which I thought was cute and more fun to say, but a bit less intuitive, but I'm not gonna correct anyone :)

Listen, "comms" is a terrible name for this concept. I'm calling them subs until something better comes along.
- I'm calling them cums
  And you're a cummer
  
  And proud of it
  
  If I tell someone to “please check out my cum” I might get into some trouble.
- Ohh, I like Subs. Yeah, I can get with that.
- Same here.
- Lol how so, Lemmy (the software) calls them "communities" and comms is a nice and shortened version of that
  
  I'm not saying subs is perfect. But comms has a much more predominant existing meaning: "communications." It's not clear what you're referring to. While "sub" does have some existing meanings like "subscription" or "submissive," those aren't as pervasive meanings, and in my mental map it's more associated with a subreddit or Lemmy community, so that's what I'm going with.
  
  Both of those words (community and comms) have common meanings that are adjacent but distinct in important ways from the Lemmy jargon meaning. That makes them confusing and awkward to use; what if you want to talk about the Lemmy community at large or some subset of it? You would have to go way out of your way to make sure all ambiguity is removed that you might be talking about a "community" as in the subreddit equivalent. Comms is not as bad in this way I guess.
  
  That's exactly why, actually. It's too easy, like a kid naming their dog Mr. Woofs or naming a car Sally. I feel we can be far more creative.
  I can't, but I'm sure someone can.
  
  Usually comms is short for communications, but I think it's fine in context.

I’m ok with subs because you subscribe to communities, but yeah I have had to unlearn some habits from reddit

Using "lemmings" is arguably more wrong - there are plenty of people on the fediverse who are not using lemmy.
- fedfellows
  
  Fedows
- Excellent [counter-]point.

I'm not calling them comms. find a better word if you don't want to hear me say subs
- Also we subscribe to them, so they're subs just as easily as comms. I never use subreddit or /r/ because those don't belong here, but you can easily replace /r/ with /c/.
  
  You can link to comms like so:
  !fedimemes@feddit.uk

Hey, I'm on a *Bin instance. I'll call them "magazines" and you'll like it.
- Why not a Binstance?
- I got a full magazine for you fancy motherfucker
- I'll miscall them clips.
- no >:3
- I think it's referred to as a cassette.

Subs is fine by me, but /r is not.

I know it's a joke but there are probably users who get genuinely angry and unleash all kinds of undeserved abuse when they see this. Old habits are hard to break, so let's be human.
- I like 'subfeddit', or we could go another way and call the something like 'district' or 'constituency', coz each one has a rep haha
- It sounds bad though and it makes me think of subscriptions which are what a subgroup of communities unique to each user.
  I have to remember that each time though it's happening quite often now.
  I try to let people know gently that they are using the wrong term, which I think is reasonable though I suppose my tone might be misinterpreted.

To be fair, most of us have been "that lemming" at one point or another.

i call them subs because they are full of submissives
- Say that to my FUCKING FACE...
  ...
  But this time use a growly menacing voice, and call me filthy names!! WAIT, I need to put on my gimp suit first.

When someone refers to a community as a 'comm', they're just trying to make 'fetch' happen.
If you hit me up on 'comms', I'm gonna need a radio; that's what the word means, if you've been alive any time in the last 100 years.
- that's what the word means
  "You can't use X word like that because [It's made up|That's not what it means|It means something else]" argument is always incredibly weak.
  At its very core, language is dynamic, words come, go and change all the time. It's how it works. Languages that don't change, die.
  On top of that, words can have multiple meanings that are dependent on context.
  
  Wouldn't that also apply to calling them subs? Like, maybe it's technically a community and not a sub-[item], but everyone knows what is meant by it.
  
  Exactly - comm is a perfectly cromulent word.

What do we call the? I say "Lemmy sub" lacking a better term.
- it's right there all over the site man. "community"
  
  I'm an idiot... Thank you
  
  Idk seems too much of a common noun

But I can SUBScribe to them 😔.
- And then the community would be one of your subscriptions. Otherwise it's just a community.

Genuine question as a former Redditer what are they called here on Lemmy?

I sometimes forget tbh.
Comms is a pretty good word imo.

Sub as in sublemmy

Coms on lemmy, mags on mbin/kbin.

/c/onstabularies
- this just makes me want a sandwich

I vote for sublemmy

They need a name, what do we call them??!
- Subs, short for subcommunities.
  
  Careful. That would require recognizing instances as communities in their own right, and some folks get bent out of shape when you do that.
- "comms" short and "community" for long
  
  "commies"
  
  "Comms" sounds bad.
  I propose we call them 'nities.
- it’s right there all over the site man. “community”

Calling them subs just like I call safe spots in every soulslike a bonfire.

Subs, for subcommunity. COME AT ME!

Not the most creative method but I'll say something like 'over at [community hyperlink].' Others have pointed out that you use "/c/" as a replacement of "r/."

It's coms guys not comms. You could do commune or commy or commies or just plain them dem reds too
- It's clearly CUMmunity
  
  Why? Is your mom here?

Amy has her own doll already? (Amyl and the Sniffers)

Sadly, Reddit grabbed the cool names and concepts first

I like “coms” or “comms”
I’ve seen someone use the term “Lemmy” which I thought was kind of cute and should also be acceptable. And I think “sub” should be okay too if it’s short for “sublemmy.” Even though that’s not technically what they are called. Obviously /r is not right, it would have to be /c.

lame lemming limtards going to keep on lemming
- Lem up, lem-wad

"I prefer to use my social media my way, alone!"

why do you give a shit... are we acting like this isn't costco reddit
- It isn't, if we wanted that we would have made sure that it is owned by one big company and doesn't have separate instances.
  
  that's not what it meant but ok